Coach Hartleb watching from the sidelines I got a chance to watch full team practice today at Illinois Field. It was nice hot day evidenced by the sweat pouring down the guys by the end of practice. Coach Snider gets as much a workout as the players Watching practice is…
There’s a first time for everything and no one knows that more than former Illini infielder Shawn Roof. Last night in the very last game of the Erie Seawolves’ regular season, Roof hit his very first home run in professional and college play. His homerun came against the Akron Aeros…
Yes, it’s the fall but Illinois Field will begin seeing some action in the coming days. In the past couple of weeks, coaches have been doing individual workouts with the team. Starting this week, full team practice commences at Illinois Field. I’ll be stopping by with the camera on a…
Two days ago was the beginning of classes at the University of Illinois. As someone who works on campus (in a department in the College of ACES), I witness the hustle and bustle of students getting to their new classes especially the freshmen who are learning the ropes and getting…
Mike Altobelli sends this photo along of his son Dominic Altobelli. Dom, a former Illini thirdbaseman who was picked this year’s MLB draft has been playing for the Casper (Wyo.) Ghosts all year. The Ghosts are an Advanced Rookie affiliate of the Rockies in the Pioneer League. Dom’s parents took…
After a banner season with the Waterloo Bucks, Mike Giller has been named to the Northwoods League post-season All-Star team. Giller is most deserving. He’s currently leading the NWL in hitting with a .336 batting average and also leads with 87. He is fifth in the league in rbis with…
Mlive.com has a good piece on Casey Crosby. For those Illini fans who tried to forget, Crosby was the Illini baseball recruit who got drafted in the fifth round in 2007 and took the money and ran. Not that blame him… it was a whopping $750,000 signing bonus that lured…
Former UI catcher Chris Robinson will be at Wrigley Field tomorrow. His AAA Iowa Cubs will be taking on the Las Vegas 51s 1:20pm Sunday in Chicago as a special promotion. Iowa (56-57) and Las Vegas (57-57) have almost identical won-loss records so it should be an excellent game. Robinson…
Good luck to Craig Lutes. His Lexington Snipes are battling it out with Paxton for the Eastern Illinois League Championship. It’s a two out three series between the Snipes vs Swedes. Today is the first game at Paxton at 2pm. Tomorrow the series will continue with Game #2 beginning…
Former University of Illinois catcher Lars Davis has had rough second half with the Modesto Nuts at the Advanced A level but Wednesday night it looks like he’s beginning to make amends. In front of a home crowd against the Bakersfield Blaze, he went 2 for 4 with 2 doubles. …