Illinois Baseball Report

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 »

Yesterday, I entered a team in the second annual Kiwanis Sports Trivia Championship here in Champaign.   While we didn’t win, we had fun and it was for a good cause. Like last year, there was one Illinois baseball question among the 100 questions they gave us.  And once again, Lou Boudreau was the subject of [...]

Filed under: Community stuff on January 31st, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

The annual Hot Stove Banquet which is sponsored by the University of Illinois baseball team and the Fighting Illini Dugout Club is almost here.  An annual tradition, the Hot Stove Banquet kicks off the Illini baseball season and is a good chance to meet the coaches and players. Here are the critical details: Date:  Feb [...]

Filed under: Community stuff on January 20th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Since the Illini were out of town and I still had the itch to shoot (photos, that is), I took in a few of the races of today’s Tour de C-U cycling event.  I’m not sure if I ever attended let alone photographed a cycling race, so it was a first for me.  Today was [...]

Filed under: Community stuff on May 22nd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It’s a busy weekend for sports.  This morning was the Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon here in Champaign-Urbana so my son and I grabbed our cameras and took some shots.  He gets credit for the photo you see to the left.  Here’s the photo gallery.  This is the link to the photo slideshow. Time to recharge [...]

Filed under: Community stuff on May 1st, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

For those in the Champaign-Urbana area, the local Kiwanis chapter is putting on a “Sports Trivia Championship” on Sunday, January 31 at the Hilton Garden Inn.  The topics for the questions that will be asked seem to be locally driven: Illini basketball and football Cubs, Cardinals and White Sox Chicago Bears … and more I [...]

Filed under: Community stuff on November 18th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

The annual Hot Stove Banquet which benefits the University of Illinois baseball program is less than a month away.  On February 9, the event will take place at the Round Barn Banquet Center in Champaign. The keynote speaker is former White Sox slugger Ron Kittle.  The 1983 Rookie of the Year, Kittle has stayed active [...]

Filed under: Community stuff on January 10th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

The Fayetteville Observer has a nice article about Illini pitcher Ben Reeser.     In between pitching for the Fayetteville Swampdogs, he is busy helping out the local Habitat for Humanity.    Share Tags: ben reeser, swampdogs Related posts Illini Baseball: 3/8 Post-weekend de-briefing (0) Zerrusen, freshman, signed to Fayetteville for the summer (0) Game 2 of Illini’s [...]

Filed under: Community stuff on July 25th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Those of you who are Illini fans might be interested in the Hot Stove Banquet which is co-sponsored by the University of Illinois Baseball team and the Fighting Illini Dugout Club. The keynote speaker is White Sox Executive Advisor to GM Rollie Hemond. Head Coach Dan Hartleb really talked this up during our interview with [...]

Filed under: Community stuff on February 5th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Today’s University of Illinois baseball game is being billed as “Dog Day Afternoon”. It says in part: Bring your dog to the park and receive free admission for yourself and your four-legged friend Yes, and don’t forget to bring your pooper scoopers. And I’m sure your dogs will behave just fine with a hundred other [...]

Filed under: Community stuff on May 21st, 2005 | Leave a Comment! »