Illinois Baseball Report

  The U of I Baseball program has unveiled the official poster for the 2012 season.  If you can’t wait till opening home date to see it up close, they’ve uploaded here so you can take a gander. **** WCIA-News has an interesting story about a few undergraduate students working with a journalism professor to [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on February 5th, 2012 | Leave a Comment! »

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! »

John Santas from the Illinois Dugout Club just sent me an email reminding me that the annual Illinois Baseball Hot Stove Banquet is soon approaching.  He even sent me a pdf registration form with all the details.  Here’s the scoop:  Saturday, January 28, 2012 I Hotel 2:30 PM – Private reception with David Eckstein, former [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on December 24th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Reid Roper awaits a pitch during the last game of the Orange and Blue World Series Today was the last game of Illinois Baseball’s Orange and Blue World Series.  Having split the first two games, this was the rubber game and I’m sure competitive juices were flowing. Among the fans who came by to watch [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on October 5th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Illini freshman David Kerian rounds third base for the Blue team I’ve spent the last two afternoons at the ballpark and it’s a joy to see an Illinois  baseball game even if it’s just a scrimmage among the team. It’s nice to see the new guys… the freshmen and transfers who will help the team [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on October 4th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Tyler Hamer throwing from the mound at last year’s Orange and Blue World Series It’s time for some October baseball.  Yes, Cardinals fans, I know your team is in the playoffs but I’m talking about Illinois Baseball Orange and Blue World Series.  Once again, the annual split squad series is upon us.  Here’s your chance [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on October 2nd, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Practice at Illinois Field has, of course, been going on for a few weeks now but fightingillini.com has posted a schedule of practice times for anyone who wants to stop by and watch the boys play. The schedule includes the the official dates for the Orange and Blue World Series games. Mon., Oct. 3 – [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on September 22nd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

I stopped by practice again today after work.  I’m glad I did because I ran into my friend John Santas from the Dugout Club.  John always makes watching baseball that much more fun. There was a special visitor at today’s practice at Illinois Field.  Josh Parr, who was drafted just this summer by the Arizona [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on September 13th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

I always say this at time of year but it’s nice to watch Illini baseball even if it’s only practice.  The last couple days, I stopped by Illinois Field to watch the team of 2012 go through their drills.  No they may not be playing a game but it’s still live baseball to me. I [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on September 7th, 2011 | 1 Comment »

As someone who works at the University of Illinois and lives four blocks from campus, I can tell you the atmosphere has really changed in the past week.  U of I students have been back at classes for a week for the 2011 fall semester and campus is hustling!  Good luck to the baseball team [...]

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