Ha, the high school my son attends and plays on the JV team is going for their 4th straight championship. They play in the semis tonight.

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2 is the lonliest number that there ever was....

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Was that your hockey number?

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How did EIU's team become so bad?

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Lets say they're not the most active school on the recruiting trail and I've also heard they have some shady techniques. It's too bad. They used to field competitive teams.

#17 Illinois moved up a spot after wining 2 of 3 against South Florida and #19 Indiana moved up 2 spots after winning 2 of 3 at Penn St. #8 Louisville moved up 3 spots after a sweep at Notre Dame.

1. LSU 21-3
2. Vanderbilt 19-5
3. Texas A&M 24-1
4. Florida 20-5
5. TCU 17-4
6. Arizona State 15-7
7. UCLA 17-5
8. Louisville 18-6
9. Southern California 19-5
10 UCF 20-5
11. Maryland 16-4
12. South Carolina 18-6
13. Florida State 19-6
14. Rice 16-9
15. UC Santa Barbara 16-6
16. Texas 16-8
17. Illinois 17-5-1
18. Virginia 14-7
19. Indiana 15-5
20. Houston 17-7
21. Miami 18-7
22. North Carolina 14-9
23. California 18-5
24. Oregon State 18-5
25. Oregon 15-8

New Entry
California
Oregon St

Dropped Out
Florida Atlantic
Texas Tech

The Hogs are on SECN tonight against Ole Miss at 6:00pm. They had a nice win last night and they could really use a series sweep. Hopefully Killian is on the mound tonight.

It was about 4th on the tv watch list last night, but I did see pieces of it. They whipped their ass last night.

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What channel was it on? I recorded the Alabama vs Florida game on SECN but it was rained out.

ESPNU

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I didn't even check that. I thought the Thursday night games were switched to SECN. Damn

I only new because I follow Arkansas baseball on twitter.

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Couple good games on SECN today. Missouri vs Texas A&M at 1:00pm. Mizzou will run out man beast RHP Tanner Houck (Collinsville, IL). Houck will be a 1st rounder in 3 years. Then Tennessee vs Vandy at 4:00pm. Vandy will run out RHP Walker Buehler who will be a 1st rounder this year.

#15 Illinois moved up 2 spots after splitting a series at Michigan St (the rubber game is being played now). #18 Nebraska enters the rankings after sweeping #24 Texas. Indiana dropped out after being swept at Iowa.

1. Vanderbilt 22-6
2. Texas A&M 27-2
3. Florida 23-6
4. TCU 21-4
5. LSU 23-5
6. Arizona State 18-7
7. UCLA 21-5
8. Louisville 21-7
9. Southern California 22-6
10. UCF 22-7
11. Florida State 22-7
12. UC Santa Barbara 19-7
13. Virginia 18-8
14. Rice 19-11
15. Illinois 19-6-1
16. Miami 20-9
17. Maryland 18-7
18. Nebraska 21-7
19. Dallas Baptist 22-3
20. Oklahoma State 19-8
21. South Carolina 19-9
22. Houston 19-9
23. California 20-7
24. Texas 17-11
25. Arizona 22-6

New Entries:
Nebraska
Dallas Baptist
Oklahoma St
Arizona

Dropped Out:
Indiana
North Carolina
Oregon State
Oregon

Season Stats for Illinois top 2 pitchers:

Tyler Jay (Lemont HS):

Record- 4-1
Saves- 6
IP- 27.2
ERA- 0.98
WHIP- 0.614
Walks- 3
Strike outs- 29
Oppts BA- .154

Kevin Duchene (Joliet Catholic):

Record- 4-1
IP- 33
ERA- 0.82
WHIP- 0.818
Walks- 3
Strike outs- 37
Oppts BA- .202

I don't think either of their old high schools has even played the total number of innings they've already logged. F-ing winter.

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I think JC has only played twice but it's high 50's today. WOO HOO!!!!!!!!

Get to watch my son finally throw against St. Rita this afternoon. A day after they (Rita) hung 3 TDs & a 4inn. no hitter on Morgan Park in that weather.

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I saw that. Rita can really swing the bats. This is a good test. Wish him luck and tell him to keep the ball down.

Eastern IL won their first game of the season yesterday in impressive fashion beating up on Tennessee Tech 14-2. They're now 1-23 on the season. Way to go Panthers!

#12 Illinois moved up 3 spots after sweeping Northwestern and #7 Louisville moved up 1 spot after a road sweep of #25 Virginia.

1. Vanderbilt 27-6
2. Texas A&M 30-2
3. TCU 23-6
4. LSU 27-5
5. Arizona State 21-8
6. UCLA 23-6
7. Louisville 24-7
8. Southern California 25-6
9. Florida State 25-8
10. Florida 24-9
11. UC Santa Barbara 23-7
12. Illinois 24-6-1
13. Miami 24-9
14. Oklahoma State 22-9
15. Rice 22-12
16. Maryland 22-7
17. UCF 23-10
18. Florida Atlantic 26-6
19. Missouri 22-11
20. Missouri State 20-8
21. Dallas Baptist 24-5
22. Coastal Carolina 23-8
23. Nebraska 23-10
24. Nevada 26-6
25. Virginia 19-11

New Entries:
Florida Atlantic
Missouri
Missouri St
Coastal Carolina
Nevada

Dropped Out:
South Carolina
Houston
California
Texas
Arizona

Couple SEC games on tonight. Ole Miss vs Vandy is on ESPNU at 6:30pm. Vandy will be throwing 1st rounder Carson Fulmer. Missouri vs Tennessee is on SECN at 6:00pm. Unfortunately Mizzou will not be throwing man-beast Tanner Houck.

Calling DeJong a catcher and Ian Happ an OF is a stretch but I get what they're trying to do. Hard to keep Illinois LHP Kevin Duchene (4-1 0.64 ERA) off that list but I get that too.

Midseason All-America Team:

C: Paul DeJong, Illinois State Jr. .417/.493/.775
1B: Will Craig, Wake Forest So. .423/.516/.815
2B: Scott Kingery, Arizona Jr. .477/.510/.727
3B: David Thompson, Miami Jr. .344/.433/.649
SS: Alex Bregman, LSU Jr. .341/.422/.630
OF: Nick Banks, Texas A&M So. .425/.481/.583
OF: Ian Happ, Cincinnati Jr. .394/.519/.673
OF: DJ Stewart, Florida State Jr. .312/.525/.624
DH: Dansby Swanson, Vanderbilt Jr. .372/.482/.642
UT: Brendan McKay, Louisville Fr. .289/.430/.378


SP: Taylor Clarke, College of Charleston Jr. 6-1 1.69
SP: Carson Fulmer, Vanderbilt Jr. 6-1 1.89
SP: Alex Lange, LSU Fr. 6-0 1.39
SP: Dillon Tate, UC Santa Barbara Jr. 4-3 1.34
RP: Tyler Jay, Illinois Jr. 4-1 6 Saves 0.79
UT: Brendan McKay, Louisville Fr. 5 0 2.03

Another local kid doing well is Blake Hickman (Simeon) at Iowa

4-1 3.13 ERA 8 starts
46 IP
1.23 WHIP
32 K's

Hickman is pitching so well that he's changing some minds. After the Cape it was a foregone conclusion that he would be a reliever at the next level but now some think he has a chance at being a starter.

Purdue vs Illinois is on the Big 10 Network today at Noon and tomorrow at 6:00pm. Illinois won yesterday 10-5 behind Kevin Duchene (6 IP 8 H 1 ER 1 BB 6 K) and 2,800 raucous fans. Drasen Johnson and John Kravitz will get the starts. Tyler Jay, who is moving himself into the 1st round will come out of the bullpen.

Taking my son to the game. It's a beautiful day for baseball. Can't beat the price, either. It's free.

I so wished they used wooden bats. I just can't get used to the ping. It doesn't sound like baseball.

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That's great. When Jay comes out to pitch tell your son he's watching a future big leaguer.

He's went to the U of I baseball camp the last two years. Last year, he did the overnight camp. The kids stayed in the dorms at Lincoln and Florida, basically across the street from the field. He had a great time. We live close to the field. We can walk or bike. It's a cheap afternoon of fun. It's a plus they're actually good, too.

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Now ya tell me. I've spent some quality time in Champaign this year. I would love to take in a game with the venerable Mr Reason.