Illinois Baseball Report

The 2008 schedule for the University of Illinois baseball team has been finalized. As for the non-conference part, some of the usual suspects are on there.  The Illini will be playing in the Al Ogletree Classic to begin the season February 22. Some of the new teams on the schedule include Central Connecticut and Northern [...]

Filed under: Analysis on October 25th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Now with the Orange and Blue series over and done with, construction is underway for installation of Field Turf. The Fighting Illini website has photos. Tags: field turf, illinois field Related posts Workouts continue; full team practice later this week (0) New photos of construction of clubhouse at Illinois Field (0) Photos of summer 2010 [...]

Filed under: UI Baseball Program and Management on October 8th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

I don’t want too much time to go by without giving the University of Illinois football team their due.  They defeated #5 Wisconsin this past Saturday 31-26. There have been some lean years in Illini football lately though last year, there was no doubt it was an exciting team to watch. The profesors in my [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on October 8th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

I dropped by the fourth game of the Orange and Blue series after work today. I ran into former Illini shortstop Shawn Roof at the game.  I hadn’t seen Roof (shown above with junior Nathan Lawrence) since the Big Ten Tournament last spring so we caught up with each other.  He talked about his summer [...]

Filed under: Awards, Fall Happenings on October 5th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

On Sunday, my son and I went to Illinois Field to watch the Illini play Game 3 of their Orange and Blue Series. Coach Hartleb (right) takes the field before the game. Scott Shaw pitches for the Orange team.  In 2006, Scott was practically unhittable when he was on his game. Freshman John Schlichter hit one out [...]

Filed under: Fall Happenings on October 2nd, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »