Hartleb gets some on-air time before the Hot Stove Banquet

For all attending the Hot Stove Banquet on Saturday, have a good time!  As for me , I’m in Pittsburgh for a four-day weekend with friends so I’ll miss it.  If anyone gets some good photos, contact me and we can post them here.  In related news, Coach Hartleb got some air time with Steve [...]

Filed under: Media on January 27th, 2012 | Leave a Comment! »

Exploratory committee to begin talks on minor league team in Champaign

Here’s some Champaign baseball-related news from The News-Gazette:  On January 30th, Mayor Don Gerard’s exploratory committee will begin meeting and discussing the finer points of what it will take to bring a minor league to the Champaign area.  Tony Johnston, vice president of Shelby Solutions, a software firm, will head up the committee.  "The idea [...]

Filed under: Community stuff on January 24th, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Busy week for former Illini Gardenhire

To say the least, this is a busy week for former Illini infielder Toby Gardenhire.  For starters, he became the head coach of the University of Wisconsin-Stout Blue Devils baseball team.  But that’s not the biggest thing happening to him this week.  He will also be getting married on Saturday.  Congrats to Toby on both [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on January 17th, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Looking towards the 2012 season

Here in Champaign-Urbana, we’ve just had our first taste of winter.  In the last couple of days, we’ve had high temps in the 20s with a nice blanket of snow on the ground.  Up until this point, it was almost (college) baseball weather.  On the Fightingillini.com blog, Ben Taylor reminds us that it’s 36 days [...]

Filed under: Analysis on January 14th, 2012 | Leave a Comment! »

More info on the Hot Stove Banquet on Jan 28

FightingIllini.com has more info on this year’s Hot Stove Banquet featuring former MLB star David Eckstein.  The Hot Stove Banquet, sponsored by the Dugout Club, will be held at the I Hotel and Conference Center on January 28.  Festivities will begin at 3pm with the banquet starting at 4pm.  If you’re interested in supporting the [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on January 8th, 2012 | Leave a Comment! »

Corey Kimes looks hard core on his baseball card…

… but that’s what we expect from him.  Former Illini Kimes played with the Elizabethton (TN) Twins in the Appalachian Rookie League last year.  Share Tags: corey kimes, minor leagues Related posts Rohde picked up for another season with the Railcats (0) Exploratory committee to begin talks on minor league team in Champaign (2) Robbie [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on January 8th, 2012 | Leave a Comment! »

Something new to check out for the new year

Happy New Year everybody!  It’s nice to go into 2012 knowing that our team is the reigning Big Ten co-champions AND the Big Ten Tournament Champions.  That’s gotta carry some weight and I’m sure help in terms of confidence.  With our new, improved schedule (i.e. tougher) for 2012, we’ll be reaching for higher goals, I’m [...]

Filed under: Baseball Blogs and Web Sites on January 2nd, 2012 | Leave a Comment! »