Illinois Baseball Report

Good news!  The Big Ten Records Book has been updated and is now available to everyone in pdf format. I love this kind of stuff.  If we want statistics from Major League Baseball’s past, we only need to go Retrosheet.org or BaseballReference.com and we have it all.  It’s all there… just a few mouse clicks [...]

Filed under: Big Ten on October 26th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

The tournament which is rapidly being considered the beginning of Illinois baseball season has been set in stone for 2011. The schedule of the 2011 Big East/Big Ten Challenge was released today.  Illinois will take on Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and West Virginia on the weekend of February 18-20.  The Big East/Big Ten Challenge will be played [...]

Filed under: Announcements on October 20th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Last week, I started a series entitled “The Illini Who Made it Big” with the intention of bringing some historical perspective to University of Illinois Baseball.  I’ll be talking about some of the former Illini who had made to the majors.  And to make it interesting, I introduced a stat factor… I’m ranking the former [...]

Filed under: history on October 17th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

During this off-season, I thought I would occasionally take a look the former Illini who had played in the Major Leagues.  To take it a step further, why not post the all-time leaders among Illini alumni in particular stat categories?  It would give us a starting point for some discussion and perhaps some insight into [...]

Filed under: history on October 13th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

What’s there to do for an Illini baseball blogger when there’s no baseball??  Update the banner, of course. I’ve updated the banner annually to reflect the changes in the personnel of team for the past few years now.  Now that fall practice is over, it was time to do so.  The players are, of course, [...]

Filed under: Blog Administration on October 11th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It was the third day of the Orange and Blue World Series today.  Not only was it the last game but pretty much the last time we’ll see the players in action till the 2011 season.  Which is why I personally like the O&B WS… aside from getting a chance to see the new players [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on October 6th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It was the second day of the Orange and Blue World Series at Illinois Field and there was an even bigger crowd of fans albeit mostly parents and family members. I even brought a friend (but managed to sneak a few photos anyways). Last year’s Friday starter Will Strack got the Orange team going.   [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on October 5th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Today was the first day of the University of Illinois baseball Orange and Blue World Series.  It was a nice mild October afternoon day for a baseball game and it was nice to see a few fans out at Illinois Field to watch the guys play ball.  It may be a “World Series” but most [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on October 4th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

I just noticed today that the updated roster for the 2011 season has been posted on the U of I baseball website.  That in itself is great.  I have a hard enough time keep the new guys straight.  But there’s a new bonus that probably appeals to geeks like me.  The online roster has a [...]

Filed under: Media on October 4th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »