Photos of new turf at Illinois Field

I stopped by Illinois Field to observe the new turf for the first time.  I had the camera with me and took a few photos.  The gates were closed, of course, but I managed to zoom in enough for you to get the idea. This is a few mounds of Hilltopper Mound & Mound Homeplate [...]

Filed under: UI Baseball Program and Management on February 11th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Big Ten Hardball reviews Illinois

Zealot friend Brian DeCaussin from the excellent site Big Ten Hardball takes a turn at reviewing the University of Illinois squad. He does a quite thorough job.  His take on the Illini? The good thing for Illinois is that outside of Michigan, the remainder of the conference appears to be very close. The hunch here [...]

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No Roark for Illini in 2008

Roark (right) will be sitting out 2008 Some bad news for the Illini baseball team. Tanner Roark, who led the team in wins last year, won’t be playing this spring because of “academic reasons”. Roark was integral in last year’s season for Illinois. He was a second team All Big Ten selection and led (or [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on February 2nd, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

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