In anticipation of this Friday’s opening day against Tennessee Tech, Illini Baseball has put out its 2013 Illinois Baseball Season Preview. A lot of it is a summary of what you’ll find in the preseason notes section of the Record Book which was released over the weekend. However, if you read between the lines, you [...]
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This Friday, it will be three weeks left until Illini Baseball begins their season. That’s when they start off with a three-game weekend against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles. The Illini Baseball program is kicking the season off by releasing their official poster for the 2013 season. Perhaps underscoring the youth on this team, this [...]
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Coach Dan Hartleb announced the official 2012-2013 Illinois Baseball schedule earlier this week. You can find the schedule here at the FightingIllini.com website or download it pdf form. It’s a “competitive” schedule says Hartleb: “I am extremely excited about the quality of our 2013 schedule. We will be playing a number of teams that are [...]
Filed under: Announcements on November 1st, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Every man is like the company he is wont to keep. Euripides (484-406 B.C.) It’s a relevant quote considering the announcement three days ago of the 2012 Illini Baseball schedule. This is big news. Not just because the new schedule has come out so early. But also because of the stiff competition we’ll be facing [...]
Filed under: Announcements on November 19th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The schedule for the 2012 Big East/Big Ten Challenge has been released. You can find it at http://www.bigtenbigeastbaseballchallenge.com/ Relevant to our interests, here are the Illinois games: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2012 1:00pm Notre Dame at Illinois (Walter Fuller Complex – Field #1, St. Petersburg, FL) SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2012 4:00pm Louisville at Illinois (Al Lang [...]
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On top of the news that Drew Dickinson has officially joined the Illini coaching staff, another former University of Illinois pitcher will be taking his place as volunteer assistant coach. Last week, it was announced that Jason Anderson will take on the position on the heels of the news that he retired from professional baseball [...]
Filed under: Announcements on August 17th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »
It was announced today that Drew Dickinson was named University of Illinois baseball pitching coach. Dickinson’s impressive credentials do him justice. While playing for the Illini, he earned two All-American awards and was conference Pitcher of the Year. After a seven year pro career (reaching as high as AA ball), he was volunteer assistant coach [...]
Filed under: Announcements on August 3rd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »
In Big Ten land, today belongs to the Nebraska Cornhuskers. July 1 is their first official day of membership in our conference. Conference commissioner James Delany welcome message appeared in today’s Omaha World-Herald easing the team and school into the new era. Delany begins by focusing on the academic side of things: “Nebraska’s strong academic [...]
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After six years as the University of Illinois pitching coach, Ken Westray has been given his walking papers by Coach Hartleb. From the News-Gazette: “I have decided to go in a different direction with our pitching coach position,” he wrote. “I want to thank Ken Westray for his work and contributions over the past six [...]
Filed under: Announcements on June 18th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Dang, it looks like no baseball tonight. After raining most of the day here in Champaign-Urbana, the sun actually came out for about 20 minutes around 4:00pm. It did resort to cloudiness but I half wondered if they would go ahead with the game. Looking at the forecast (it’s calling for more thunderstorms around 7pm), [...]
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