Illinois Baseball Report

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. Share Tags: brandon hohl, Recruits Related posts Fundamentals and strategy win the game against Minnesota 7-5 (0) Illinois lose it in the 10th vs Spartans [...]

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

Anyone who knows me that I’ve followed Shawn Roof since he and I met during his Illinois days.  It seems so long ago but it was only a year ago when he entered his senior year as Illinois shortstop. Since then, he was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 2007 draft and entered their [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros, Media on March 6th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

For those who enjoy reading what’s going on with the Illinois baseball team from an inside point of view, you will be happy to know that the Illini Diamond Notes are beginning again. This week, Diamond Notes#1 is written by team manager Michael Schroeder who gives an update on Illinois’ preparations for their first series [...]

Filed under: Media on February 20th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Throughout the summer the Illini baseball program has been keeping us informed of what’s was happening in the player’s own words with Summer Diamond Notes.  I found them very useful and entertaining. Now it turns out they will continue the series with Fall Diamond Notes.  Presumably, they will detail how things are going in fall [...]

Filed under: Media on September 6th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

During today’s Penn State-Minnesota game at the Big Ten baseball tournament, I saw someone who looked very familiar. I nudged Brian from Big Ten Hardball, who was sitting next to me and said, “Isn’t that Jon Saraceno from USA Today? It sure looks like him.” We discussed it and decided that no, it couldn’t be. [...]

Filed under: 2007 Big Ten Tournament, Media on May 26th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Ben Taylor from the U of I Athletic Department interviewed University of Illinois Designated Hitter Daniel Webb on Wednesday. Webb talks about hitting in the 5 hole and being the DH as well as the Illini’s series against Michigan, Indiana and the game against Missouri. You can download the video podcast and others from the [...]

Filed under: Media on May 17th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Kyle Hudson Illini Kyle Hudson, who has the dual role of centerfielder for the baseball team in the spring and wide receiver for the football team in the fall (and he does very well at both) was featured in Doug Kroll’s column at CSTV’s web site. By the way, Illinois fell to Michigan 4-3 today [...]

Filed under: Media on May 4th, 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! »