Illinois Baseball Report

Gardenhire rounding third to score in his final regular season game with the Illini in 2005
 Kelsie Smith of the Saint Paul Pioneer Press has a lengthy feature article on former Illini infielder and current Minnesota Twin catcher Toby Gardenhire.  Much of the article is focusing on the relationship between Toby and his father Ron, the [...]

Filed under: Media on March 6th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

A quick note:  Sports Information Director Ben Taylor will be live blogging today’s opening game against Notre Dame.  Ben is inviting fans to log in, follow along and even submit comments during the game. 
You will find the landing page for the live blogging at the Illinois baseball web site.

Tags: live blogging, notre dame

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Filed under: Media on February 26th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Today,  The Big Ten Network came out with a press release announcing their baseball and softball coverage for 2010.
BTN’s baseball and softball coverage will be doubled from last year, they say.  They will be producing at least 102 baseball and softball games for either the Big Ten Network telecast or the Big Ten Network live [...]

Filed under: Media on February 16th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

The Big Ten Network has promised they would provide more games via streaming video this year and it looks like they are coming through.  They have announced their online streaming schedule for 2010 and it is quite improved from last year.  At this point, Illinois has ten games on their schedule. 
Essentially, it comes down [...]

Filed under: Media on February 1st, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

There was a positive “state of the program” article in the college paper The Daily Illini today.  They interviewed Coach Hartleb and infielder Josh Parr.for the piece.
Quoth Hartleb:
“The LSU series, it showed not only our team, but people across the country that we have improved as a program and we can compete against some of [...]

Filed under: Media on July 1st, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

I would like to take the time to thank Chris Webb (from The Buckeye Nine) for taking on the arduous task of bringing up Buckeye Nine Tournament Central, a blog which covered the Big Ten Tournament from a more independent (i.e. not Big Ten) perspective.  Webb did a fantastic job. 
If you haven’t already, read [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament, Media on May 24th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

What the media is saying about the Big Ten Tournament… both here in Columbus and back at the universities.
First-year ballpark presents challenge – Columbus Dispatch
Big Ten Baseball Tournament Up For Grabs Next Year – Columbus NBC
Illini baseball advances in Big Ten Tournament with thumping of Michigan State- Daily Illini
Minnesota to Face Indiana in [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament, Media on May 21st, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Just a couple interesting articles I ran across beyond the usual fare.  I thought I’d pass them along.
IlliniHQ.com has a nice piece by Jeff Huth looking back to 1998 when former Illinois coach Itch Jones won his 1,000 game. 
Also, the Big Ten web site has a nice feature article on Ben Reeser dealing [...]

Filed under: Media on April 24th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

You can view/download the Big Ten Network baseball schedule in pdf form here.
BTN opens their baseball season with back-to-back games between Illinois and Michigan (who have been establishing a rivalry in the past few years, it seems) on March 27 and March 28. 
Two weekends after that, we’ll be treated to one game on [...]

Filed under: Media on February 16th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

The Frankfort Station has 10 questions with Brandon Hohl.
A shortstop, Hohl is one of University of Illinois baseball’s recruiting class of 2009.  He comes from Lincoln-Way East High School.

Tags: brandon hohl, Recruits

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Filed under: Media, Recruits on July 29th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »