Illinois Baseball Report

It’s becoming crunch time in the Big Ten conference schedule and who better to play than Ohio State?  Ok, that’s a very positive spin on a dire situation for the Illini (21-21 6-9 Big Ten).  But the team has done well under pressure before so I’m hoping they respond well this weekend when they travel [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on May 6th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

  Craig Lutes heads towards first after hitting the ball Friday night We’re winding down the season with six more home games left.  We’re fortunate to have two midweek games at home this week though.  And whenever Coach Hartleb’s alum comes to town, that gives the media another storyline to talk about. Let’s take a [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on May 3rd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

For this week’s two midweek games, we’re playing two state universities… Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois.  Don’t look at their records.  Both are tough in their own way.  As for us, we’re even-steven.  The Illini are 13-13 overall and 3-3 against the Big Ten.  Let’s take a look at both teams.   Eastern Illinois Panthers [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 12th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Before the game, Pete Cappetta predicted two wins for the weekend This time it was the Illini who took some advantage of the 20-25 mph wind at Illinois Field. With four homers and a fantastic effort by the bullpen, Illinois closed out this past weekend’s series on a winning note.  Defeating Penn State 15-3 on [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 5th, 2010 | 3 Comments »

A quick note:  Brian over at The College Baseball Blog is interviewing college baseball coaches around the nation and recently he got around to quizzing our own Coach Hartleb.  It’s a good read. Share Tags: blog, coach hartleb, interview Related posts Hartleb gets some on-air time before the Hot Stove Banquet (0) Something new to [...]

Filed under: Baseball Blogs and Web Sites on January 30th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Crap. For the second time in three years, the top starting pitcher for the Illini will be kicked off the baseball team.  That’s right… Phil Haig.  The official reason given was that he was dismissed because of a “violation of team rules”.  Here’s the official word from Coach Hartleb: "We place great emphasis on conducting [...]

Filed under: Announcements on September 30th, 2009 | 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 [...]

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

The Big Ten Tournament banner including Illinois’ Brandon Wikoff As always, I had a great time at the Big Ten Tournament.  Win or lose, it’s a culmination of everything that the Illinois team has worked so hard for all season.  They’ve exceeded everyone else’s expectations this season and each one of them should be proud. [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament on May 24th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

#25 Illinois lost an ugly affair against University of Evansville tonight 4-3 in 10 innings.  Ugly in more ways than one.  But before we get to that, let’s talk about some of the positive things to get us started.  Dom Altobelli:  3 for 5 Dom Altobelli went 3 for 5 for the night.  Not only [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 6th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Despite scoring five runs in the last two innings, the Illini lost to the St Louis Billikens in St Louis tonight.  This in spite of efforts of Joe Bonadonna, Casey McMurray, Dom Altobelli and Josh Parr who had two hit each in the 11-10 heartbreaker. This was third mid-week, non-conference game in a row that [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 22nd, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »