Illinois Baseball Report

Two games into the weekend series against Florida Gulf Coast University, I’m wondering what Coach Hartleb told them during this past week.  Whatever it was, it worked.  Remember, this is a FGCU team that enjoyed a 38-20 record just one year ago.  In just two games, the Illini have proven to be formidable opponents winning [...]

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Tonight, the University of Illinois baseball team (1-2) will take on Florida Gulf Coast University (2-2) at Fort Myers. It will be the first in a three game series. FightingIllini.com has their weekend preview up.  We’re looking at the same starters from last weekend:  Johnson, Anderson and Kimes.  The interview accompanying this weekend’s preview is [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on February 25th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Josh Parr and Casey McMurray combined for 8 rbis at the Big East/Big Ten Challenge Tournament play has that added competitive tension but this weekend, Illinois (1-2) gets to play an honest-to-goodness three game series.  This weekend’s opponent is Florida Gulf Coast University (2-2) and they’ll be playing in warm Ft Myers, Florida.  I’m sure [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on February 23rd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

The last game for Illinois at the Big East/Big Ten Challenge was a hard fought contest but their opponent West Virginia, seemed to stay one step ahead of them for most of the game.  The Parr brothers provided some excitement in the top of ninth as Josh was hit by a pitch and stole second [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on February 21st, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

I’m sure a lot of the Illini players are thinking the same thing.  That it’s nice to get that first win under your belt. In the second game of the Big East/Big Ten Challenge down in Florida, the Illini defeated University of Cincinnati Bearcats 7-3. It was a game of firsts in some ways.  It [...]

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Illinois got off to a rocky start to the 2011 season with a 10-6 loss to Pitt today.  All ten of Pitt’s runs came in the fifth inning and nine of those runs were with two out. Illinois rallied for the six runs but obviously that was not enough. I’m scrambling around looking for a [...]

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Fightingillini.com has their weekend preview up now.  This week’s preview includes a bonus video of an interview of Willie Argo just before getting on the team bus before heading down to Florida.  Willie looks spiffy wearing a red orange tie (you know that’s coming off as soon as he’s on the bus). Here’s the posted [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on February 17th, 2011 | 2 Comments »

  Casey McMurray led the Illini in hitting (.348) and homeruns (6) in 2010 The Illinois baseball players have been practicing for a few weeks now this year but this weekend, it’s for real.  On Friday, the Big East/Big Ten Challenge tournament commences.  For Illinois’ part, they will be taking on University of Pittsburgh, University [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on February 15th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Well, it seems our options to watch college baseball live either on TV or via webcast have widened in the last couple of the years.  The interest is there and there are the people who are willing to do it. Collegebaseball360.com, for example, for will be broadcasting 13 of the 24 games of the Big [...]

Filed under: Media on February 12th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

With temperatures at single digits, it’s hard to think of baseball but college baseball is less than two weeks away.  Thank goodness the Illini have found warmer places to play… places such as Clearwater, Florida where the Big East/Big Ten Challenge will take place. The Fighting Illini website has posted its yearly Pitchers and Catchers [...]

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