Illinois Baseball Report

Nothing like a little summer talk to warm you up on a winter day. The Coastal Plain League’s Fayetteville Swampdogs have announced their first signings of the season.  This college summer league team based in North Carolina has been known for taking in Illini players during the summer and 2010 will be no different.  The [...]

Filed under: Summer League on January 14th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

College summer leagues have already begun their seasons and Illinois players are among those playing.  The University of Illinois baseball program has sent 21 players throughout the the country to 13 teams in nine different summer leagues. The Northwoods League, always a big client of the U of I, will see eight players from Illinois [...]

Filed under: Summer League on June 1st, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

The Fayetteville Observer has a nice article about Illini pitcher Ben Reeser.     In between pitching for the Fayetteville Swampdogs, he is busy helping out the local Habitat for Humanity.    Share Tags: ben reeser, swampdogs Related posts Illini Baseball: 3/8 Post-weekend de-briefing (0) Zerrusen, freshman, signed to Fayetteville for the summer (0) Game 2 of Illini’s [...]

Filed under: Community stuff on July 25th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

July is All-Star time not only for the Majors but also for the college leagues. University of Illinois is well represented on a few All-Star teams throughout the country. Scott Shaw and Joe Bonadonna faced off against each other last Wednesday in the Northwoods League All-Star Game. Shaw, who is 3-2 with a 3.46 ERA [...]

Filed under: Awards, Summer League on July 14th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Brian from Big Ten Hardball pointed out to me that University of Illinois’ Ben Reeser is putting up some good numbers for the Fayetteville Swampdogs in the Coastal Plain League. He’s 3-0 with a 0.36 ERA in 25 1/3 innings. He’s leading the CPL in ERA. Swampdog teammate and Illini Aaron Martin is doing great [...]

Filed under: Summer League on June 25th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

It’s summertime and the Illinois baseball season is over. However, fourteen of the Illini players are honing their skills in college summer leagues. There is a web page at fightingillini.com that lists the players and who they will be playing for. A bonus: the page includes links to the teams and leagues so you can [...]

Filed under: Summer League on June 6th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

University of Illinois shortstop Shawn Roof received quite an honor this week from his summer college league. The Coastal Plain League named Roof to their All-Decade Team in celebration of their first 10 years in existence. Not a big deal? Well, take a look at some of the players sharing the honor with Roof. Other [...]

Filed under: Awards on March 29th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

A while back I posted that I got an email from Illini shortstop Shawn Roof while he was in North Carolina playing in a college summer league. In his email, he mentioned that he was trying to convince his coach to play him in all nine positions in one game. Jose Oquendo, anyone? Well, it [...]

Filed under: Summer League on August 24th, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »

I occasionally get email and it’s always nice to hear from folks who take the time who read my blog. But the other day, I got a special treat when I received an email from Illini shortstop Shawn Roof. Those who follow my University of Illinois baseball coverage here on the Zealot know that I [...]

Filed under: Summer League on July 25th, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »

A few of the Illini baseball players, while not in C-U, have been in college leagues throughout the country. And some have been doing quite well. Take Jake Toohey, for example. Pitching for the Rochester Honkers in the Northwoods League, he’s made the All-Star team with 13 saves and a 2.12 ERA. The Honkers have [...]

Filed under: Summer League on July 24th, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »