Illinois Baseball Report

For all attending the Hot Stove Banquet on Saturday, have a good time!  As for me , I’m in Pittsburgh for a four-day weekend with friends so I’ll miss it.  If anyone gets some good photos, contact me and we can post them here.  In related news, Coach Hartleb got some air time with Steve [...]

Filed under: Media on January 27th, 2012 | Leave a Comment! »

On top of the news that Drew Dickinson has officially joined the Illini coaching staff, another former University of Illinois pitcher will be taking his place as volunteer assistant coach.  Last week, it was announced that Jason Anderson will take on the position on the heels of the news that he retired from professional baseball [...]

Filed under: Announcements on August 17th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

It was announced today that Drew Dickinson was named University of Illinois baseball pitching coach. Dickinson’s impressive credentials do him justice.  While playing for the Illini, he earned two All-American awards and was conference Pitcher of the Year.  After a seven year pro career (reaching as high as AA ball), he was volunteer assistant coach [...]

Filed under: Announcements on August 3rd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

After six years as the University of Illinois pitching coach, Ken Westray has been given his walking papers by Coach Hartleb. From the News-Gazette: “I have decided to go in a different direction with our pitching coach position,” he wrote. “I want to thank Ken Westray for his work and contributions over the past six [...]

Filed under: Announcements on June 18th, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Pat Sheehan gets congratulated by his teammates for having a good eye Wow, if the rest of Illinois baseball season is as exciting as today’s home opener, the EMTs are going to have to stock up on chest paddles.  What a heart pounder!  In the bottom of the ninth, Illini DH Pat Sheehan walked with [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 25th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

For the second time at the Bright House Invitational, the Illini had the lead past the fifth inning and lost the game.  Today, Illinois grabbed a 2-1 lead thanks to a Willie Argo homerun in the top of the sixth inning.  However, by the bottom of the sixth, two Stetson Hatters had scored giving them [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 5th, 2011 | 3 Comments »

“Kevin Johnson pitched extremely well and deserved to win, but we were bad out of the bullpen,” -Coach Dan Hartleb on Friday’s game against Central Michigan   That about sums it up.  Illinois went into the top of the eighth inning ahead 5-0 in their first game of the Bright House Invitational.  The bullpen was [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 4th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Tonight, the University of Illinois baseball team (1-2) will take on Florida Gulf Coast University (2-2) at Fort Myers. It will be the first in a three game series. FightingIllini.com has their weekend preview up.  We’re looking at the same starters from last weekend:  Johnson, Anderson and Kimes.  The interview accompanying this weekend’s preview is [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on February 25th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Hard core big league fans look forward to when pitchers and catchers report to spring training.  I guess the closest that college baseball has is when players begin full team practice… and that happened for the first time yesterday. Players and coaches convened at the Irwin Indoor Practice Facility (complete with the identical Field Turf [...]

Filed under: Spring Practice on January 29th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

If you’re a fan of Coach Hartleb (and if I’m a good judge, most of us are), rest assured.  He has been told by athletic director Ron Guenther that he still has a job.  The UI Athletic Department has said all year that it was going to wait till the end of the season before [...]

Filed under: UI Baseball Program and Management on May 27th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »