Official 2013 Illini Baseball poster released

This Friday, it will be three weeks left until Illini Baseball begins their season.  That’s when they start off with a three-game weekend against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles. The Illini Baseball program is kicking the season off by releasing their official poster for the 2013 season.  Perhaps underscoring the youth on this team, this [...]

Mark your calendar: Illini Baseball announces “competitive” 2013 schedule

Coach Dan Hartleb announced the official 2012-2013 Illinois Baseball schedule earlier this week. You can find the schedule here at the FightingIllini.com website or download it pdf form. It’s a “competitive” schedule says Hartleb: “I am extremely excited about the quality of our 2013 schedule.  We will be playing a number of teams that are [...]

Big Ten baseball Tournament bracket announced

The Big Ten has come out with the bracket for this week’s baseball tournament in Columbus.  Don’t bother looking for Illinois.  They haven’t changed their mind. “Ohio State earned the No. 6 seed, finishing 11-13 in Big Ten play. The Buckeyes finished tied in the standings with Illinois and Minnesota, but claimed the tiebreaker by [...]

Illinois Baseball announces stiff schedule for 2012

Every man is like the company he is wont to keep. Euripides (484-406 B.C.) It’s a relevant quote considering the announcement three days ago of the 2012 Illini Baseball schedule.  This is big news.  Not just because the new schedule has come out so early.  But also because of the stiff competition we’ll be facing [...]

Free admission for Illini Olympic Sports (yes, that includes baseball games)

Shawn L emailed me wondering why I haven’t posted about this particular gem of news.  He’s right… it’s pretty significant. The gist of it is that the University of Illinois has announced that they will make admission to all of its ‘Olympic Sports’ free of charge. From the Illini press release: The University of Illinois [...]

Western Kentucky replaces Metrodome Tournament on schedule

A bit of news in case you might have missed it… there has been a schedule change.  Due to the stadium calamity that occurred at the Metrodome on December 12, they have been forced to cancel the Metrodome Tournament.  Coach Hartleb was up for the challenge and filled the March 11-13 slot with an away [...]

Tickets available for Big East/Big Ten Challenge

Tickets for the Big East/Big Ten Challenge went on sale today. From the Big Ten: “An all-tournament pass, which provides access to all 24 games of the Challenge, can be purchased for $25. Individual day passes are available for $10 and admit a spectator to all games at all venues for that day. Alumni groups, [...]

The Dugout Club is organizing a fan bus for the April 7 Missouri game at Busch Stadium!

The Fighting Illini Dugout Club has some exciting news for anyone interested in attending the April 7 game at Busch Stadium versus University of Missouri.  They will be sponsoring a fan bus to the game!  Great news!!! Now billed as “The Battle at Busch”, the Illinois-Missouri game is sure to be a good one.  The [...]

Tickets now available for Illini-Mizzou matchup at Busch Stadium!

Tickets are now available for the April 7 game between Illinois and Missouri at Busch Stadium.  If you’re interested, you can purchase them at the St Louis Cardinals web site. Gametime is 7pm and the tickets are $15   Tags: announcement, battle at busch, missouri, schedule Related posts BTN Baseball schedule announced (0) Official 2013 Illini [...]

Surprise, surprise… Bradley series canceled due to weather

Hang up your down coat.  Pack away your snow pants.  You won’t need them this weekend.  The Bradley series this coming weekend has been canceled due to the “forecasted below-average temperatures and current snow cover”.  I doubt this series ever had a fleeting chance given our cold winter this year.  They didn’t even wait till [...]