Illinois Baseball Report

A quick note:  Brian over at The College Baseball Blog is interviewing college baseball coaches around the nation and recently he got around to quizzing our own Coach Hartleb.  It’s a good read. Tags: blog, coach hartleb, interview Related posts Hartleb to return in 2011 (0) Interview with Assistant Sports Information Director Ben Taylor (0) [...]

Filed under: Baseball Blogs and Web Sites on January 30th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

A quick note with a slight bittersweet tint…  Big Ten Hardball, the blog that incessantly covered Big Ten Baseball news, issues, and analysis, is closing its virtual doors.  Brian DeCaussin who maintained BTH, is calling it quits after five incredible years. Those of you who are parents of players most likely know of Brian and [...]

Filed under: Baseball Blogs and Web Sites on January 22nd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

To start the new year, I thought I’d throw out some helpful links that might be useful in getting news and information on Illinois Baseball and Big Ten Baseball this year.  So bookmark the ones you find interesting or useful.  They may come in handy down the road during the 2010 baseball season. It’s a [...]

Filed under: Baseball Blogs and Web Sites on January 9th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

There’s a new blog out there covering Big Ten Baseball aptly named Big Ten Baseball Blog.  It’s run by Daniel Pavlue who hails from Minnnesota and attends Gopher games.  He promises he’ll be balanced in his coverage though.  One reason I like it:  a photo of Joe Bonadonna sliding into home is currently his header [...]

Filed under: Baseball Blogs and Web Sites on May 7th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

This week, we’re going to have a special edition of the weekend series preview.  The editor of Behind the Plate, an Indiana Baseball blog, suggested that we both do a Q & A interview for each other’s blogs as an exciting preview for the upcoming Indiana-Illinois series.  I thought it was an excellent idea so [...]

Filed under: Baseball Blogs and Web Sites, Game Previews on April 2nd, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Zealot friend Brian D from Big Ten Hardball does his annual review of Big Ten baseball team and predicts Illinois to at least make the tournament in 2009.  Brian’s bottom line?? Illinois will go as far as their pitching lets them. This team, like many of the recent Illini squads, should swing the bats well [...]

Filed under: Analysis, Baseball Blogs and Web Sites on February 15th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Zealot friend Brian DeCaussin from the excellent site Big Ten Hardball takes a turn at reviewing the University of Illinois squad. He does a quite thorough job.  His take on the Illini? The good thing for Illinois is that outside of Michigan, the remainder of the conference appears to be very close. The hunch here [...]

Filed under: Baseball Blogs and Web Sites on February 11th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Northwoods League. Coastal Plain League. Central Illinois Collegiate League. I’ve written about about these leagues and others like them. They’re all college summer leagues and they serve a very important purpose in developing college baseball players. In this episode of Baseball Zealot Radio, I interview Andrew Hartwell who, as far as I know, has the [...]

Filed under: Baseball Blogs and Web Sites on June 28th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

One of the perks as a blogger and a podcaster is that I get to meet (at least virtually) and talk to a variety of people in the baseball world. That includes players and coaches, broadcasters, and fellow bloggers and podcasters. The one thing they all share is the love of the game of baseball. [...]

Filed under: Baseball Blogs and Web Sites, Media on April 12th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Illini fans know that our ball players don’t stay idle during the summer season. They hone their craft in summer colliegiate leagues. Andrew is doing a good job keeping tabs on these leagues at his website called Summer Ball. Feel free to contact him with info about any summer college leagues in your area and [...]

Filed under: Baseball Blogs and Web Sites on March 20th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »