Illinois baseball heads to Northwestern in search of more wins

Call it the “I-57 Challenge”. This weekend, Illinois is on the road.  They travel to Evanston for a three-game set at Northwestern’s Rocky and Berenice Miller Park.  Illinois (12-13, 2-4 Big Ten) is looking for some consistency.  With some luck and effort, they will find it against Northwestern. Offensive threats…

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Illinois baseball off to Mississippi again looking for warmer weather and wins

One game and they’re gone again for two weeks. I blame our Illinois weather. Weather is certainly going to play a factor in our spring schedule.  After dropping their home opener to Indiana State, Illinois baseball will be getting away from the nasty cold and wind heading our way.  They…

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Illinois Baseball Media Day: “Leadership and Depth” will help 2023 team win

On Friday, January 27, local media gathered at the Atkins Baseball Training Center for annual Media Day. With much of the team present, we heard from fifth-year seniors Branden Comia and Cam McDonald as well as head coach Dan Hartleb. What were the overall themes I took away? “Depth” was…

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Leo Mazzone headlines 2023 Hot Stove Banquet

On Saturday January 14, the Illinois Baseball community gathered in person for the first time since 2020 for their annual Hot Stove Banquet.  Signifying the beginning of the Illinois baseball season, the Hot Stove Banquet is a chance for fans, coaches, players and community members to meet, talk and to…

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Eight sign National Letter of Intent for Illinois

I’m catching up on the Illini news after the holiday break.  The coaching staff has been doing their due diligence in their recruiting duties.  Last month, they have signed a total of eight players to a National Letters of Intent.  The pipeline from Canada continues.  That’s Parker Burgess from Douro-Dummer,…

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Atkins Baseball Training Center: A new training home for Illinois Baseball

In past years, the Illinois baseball program sure appreciated the hospitality of the football program as they extended the use of the Irwin Indoor Football Practice Facility when it was too cold to practice outdoors.  Now, Illinois baseball has a training home they can call their own.  On Thursday, Coach…

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