Illini Ball over the Weekend

Got a chance to catch some good Illini action over the weekend. And no, I don’t mean the Illinois/Iowa football game. I did watch that on TV. Ugh. i did catch a couple games of the Illini baseball Blue-Orange series. For those not familiar, it is essentially a split squad scrimmage. But watching them play [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on September 28th, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »

Illini Baseball this Weekend!

Heads up for baseball fans in the Champaign-Urbana area! The Illini baseball team will be playing its annual Blue and Orange Series for the next few days. Scheduled times are: Friday, Sept. 22 – 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23 – one hour after the end of the football game Sunday, Sept. 24 – 11 a.m. [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on September 21st, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »

Illini Baseball Players are Blogging

Mike Rohde The University of Illinois baseball players have begun a blog of sorts. The best way to find them is to go to the U of I baseball page and find the entries from there. At the very least, we can find out what going on with the team. Jake Toohey writes that the [...]

Filed under: Media on September 20th, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »

Bensko joining the Cobra coaching staff

I got an email from a reader inquiring of the goings-on of former Illini Dusty Bensko. The writer noted that Dusty was cut from Independent League and wondered if this was the end of the road for his career. After a bit of searching, I found that Bensko will be joining the Parkland College Cobras [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on September 14th, 2006 | Leave a Comment! »