Illinois Baseball Report

  Will senior Willie Argo help his team to victory in 2012? As I say before every opening series, now it’s gets real.  However in 2012, it REALLY gets real.  With the announced 2012 schedule which is one of the toughest the Illinois baseball team has seen in a while, we will see if the [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on February 16th, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Fightingillini.com posted the second in their series of 2012 previews yesterday.  This time around, they’re looking at the position players.  Don’t miss the accompanying interview video of Coach Snider.   Who among the position players are no longer on the team?  Well in short, Adam Davis, Pete Cappetta, Casey McMurray, Matt Dittman, Josh Parr.  Those are [...]

Filed under: Analysis on February 11th, 2012 | Leave a Comment! »

Wow, what a game that two Illini had yesterday in the Northwoods League! Playing for the Madison Mallards, Willie Argo drove in six runs and Justin Parr got five hits. The Mallards won 16-3 over the Waterloo Bucks.  For the record, Argo was 2 for 4 with two homeruns and six rbis.  Parr was 5 [...]

Filed under: Summer League on June 22nd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Throughout the 2011 Illinois baseball season, there have been photos that I go back to and think “I really like that picture”.  Some may not have made it into an IBR article but for one reason or another I find qualities in it that make me think it’s worth seeing. Technically, they may not be [...]

Filed under: Feature on June 12th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

On the third and last day of the First-Year Player Draft, Willie Argo was chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates.  He was chosen in 43rd round.  He joins Adam Davis, Josh Parr and Corey Kimes (and Illini recruit Charlie Tilson) who were picked in Day 2. Willie Argo Position Outfielder Round/Overall Pick 43rd/1,292 MLB Team Pittsburgh [...]

Filed under: Draft on June 8th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

From all communications from Columbus, the mood is obviously high in the Illini camp.  Let me say from someone who has covered this team for the last five years, I’ve never seen a team put it together the way this Illinois team has.  Between you, me, and the Internet, I wasn’t sure what this team [...]

Filed under: 2011 Big Ten Tournament, Awards on May 29th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Ho hum… another walk-off win for the Illini.  What else is new? Hehe, I can’t pull that complacent shtick off, I am psyched as all get out.  Maybe I got worried a bit watching the Illinois-Ohio State game on my friend’s wide screen TV in his basement but I’ll tell you this:  When we were [...]

Filed under: 2011 Big Ten Tournament on May 27th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Josh Parr:  All-Big Ten Second Team Yesterday, seven Illinois baseball players were honored with All-Big Ten awards.  While the Big Ten championship team was shut out of the All-Big Ten First team, Adam Davis, Pete Cappetta and Josh Parr were placed on the Second Team and Casey McMurray and Wes Braun were selected for the [...]

Filed under: Awards on May 25th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Sadly, I didn’t make it out to the game on Sunday.  Sad, only because it would have been nice to see another fantastic Illini victory.  It was Mother’s Day, you see.  Don’t blame my wife.  She let’s me come out to every other ballgame and I’m grateful for that. Looking at the box score, it [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 9th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

I really hope you came to the park last night.  If you missed Illinois’ exciting 13-9 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes, you missed, in my guess, one of the best games of past few years.  It ranks up their with our win against the same Ohio State team two years ago and even the [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 7th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »