Illinois Baseball Report

Shawn L emailed me wondering why I haven’t posted about this particular gem of news.  He’s right… it’s pretty significant. The gist of it is that the University of Illinois has announced that they will make admission to all of its ‘Olympic Sports’ free of charge. From the Illini press release: The University of Illinois [...]

Filed under: Announcements on January 24th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

A bit of news in case you might have missed it… there has been a schedule change.  Due to the stadium calamity that occurred at the Metrodome on December 12, they have been forced to cancel the Metrodome Tournament.  Coach Hartleb was up for the challenge and filled the March 11-13 slot with an away [...]

Filed under: Announcements on January 21st, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Tickets for the Big East/Big Ten Challenge went on sale today. From the Big Ten: “An all-tournament pass, which provides access to all 24 games of the Challenge, can be purchased for $25. Individual day passes are available for $10 and admit a spectator to all games at all venues for that day. Alumni groups, [...]

Filed under: Announcements on January 21st, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Illinois has finally released the schedule for the 2011 baseball season. Some interesting highlights: – Season opens with Big Ten/Big East Challenge on February 18th (no crazy February home games scheduled this year) – On March 11-13, Illinois will participate in the new Metrodome Tournament in Minnesota.  Illinois will conclude the tournament by playing Minnesota.  [...]

Filed under: Announcements on December 6th, 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! »

It seems once we find a good closer, he’s taken away from us… at least for a year. My heart sank a little when I read the news that Bryan Roberts had Tommy John surgery last week.  Doing so means that he’ll be out for the 2011 season.  The good news is that Roberts will [...]

Filed under: Announcements on June 29th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

The Fighting Illini Dugout Club has some exciting news for anyone interested in attending the April 7 game at Busch Stadium versus University of Missouri.  They will be sponsoring a fan bus to the game!  Great news!!! Now billed as “The Battle at Busch”, the Illinois-Missouri game is sure to be a good one.  The [...]

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

Tickets are now available for the April 7 game between Illinois and Missouri at Busch Stadium.  If you’re interested, you can purchase them at the St Louis Cardinals web site. Gametime is 7pm and the tickets are $15   Share Tags: announcement, battle at busch, missouri, schedule Related posts Illinois to test #18 Purdue this weekend [...]

Filed under: Announcements on March 5th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Hang up your down coat.  Pack away your snow pants.  You won’t need them this weekend.  The Bradley series this coming weekend has been canceled due to the “forecasted below-average temperatures and current snow cover”.  I doubt this series ever had a fleeting chance given our cold winter this year.  They didn’t even wait till [...]

Filed under: Announcements on February 18th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I’ve gotten some questions both online and in person about the early home opening series against the Bradley Braves on February 20-21.  Let’s clear a couple things up: no, it’s not a typo and no, the team won’t be playing in any local indoor facility Nice try.  Those who show up on that weekend will [...]

Filed under: Announcements on December 21st, 2009 | 3 Comments »