Illini baseball to compete in BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge

Next February, the Illini will compete in a tournament between the Big Ten and BIG EAST conferences.  The inaugural BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge will take place February 20-22, 2009 and will be hosted by the St Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission.  All teams of the Big Ten and BIG EAST will take part.
The tournament will take place [...]

Filed under: Big Ten on September 13th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

More Illinois practice photos

I wandered onto the Illinois Field premises during practice on Wednesday and snapped a few shots.  It had rained earlier in the day but conditions were ok for a few hours of field time.  Say what you want about Illinois Field’s Field Turf, it does handle the rain pretty well.

Today it was infield fielding practice [...]

Filed under: Fall Happenings on September 12th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Illini take the field for some fall practice

Today, the University of Illinois baseball team took the field at Illinois Field for the first time this semester for practice.  So I took off work early and got some photos.
It was a sunny, hot 92-93 degrees and just standing around was enough to work up a sweat.
I saw a lot of players I recognized [...]

Filed under: Fall Happenings on September 2nd, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »