Illinois Baseball Report

Illini freshman David Kerian rounds third base for the Blue team I’ve spent the last two afternoons at the ballpark and it’s a joy to see an Illinois  baseball game even if it’s just a scrimmage among the team. It’s nice to see the new guys… the freshmen and transfers who will help the team [...]

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Practice at Illinois Field has, of course, been going on for a few weeks now but fightingillini.com has posted a schedule of practice times for anyone who wants to stop by and watch the boys play. The schedule includes the the official dates for the Orange and Blue World Series games. Mon., Oct. 3 – [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on September 22nd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

I always say this at time of year but it’s nice to watch Illini baseball even if it’s only practice.  The last couple days, I stopped by Illinois Field to watch the team of 2012 go through their drills.  No they may not be playing a game but it’s still live baseball to me. I [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on September 7th, 2011 | 1 Comment »

It’s a busy week on campus.  All the University students are back and finding their way to their new classes.  Good luck to the players this semester.  I don’t need to remind them how important their studies are.  To their credit, Coach Hartleb and the rest of the coaching staff do a pretty good job [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on August 24th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It was nice and warm Sunday October afternoon for Game Two of University of Illinois’ Orange and Blue World Series.  There was just enough breeze to make things interesting.  Yesterday, it was a good crowd in the stands because of the home football game.  Even so, they managed to get a fair crowd out there [...]

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Forget the cold.  Forget the fact that it’s only a split squad game.  It was just nice to see an honest to goodness baseball game at Illinois Field today.  And in some ways, a split squad game between the University of Illinois baseball squad makes it interesting.  It gives us a chance to see ALL [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on October 3rd, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

John Anderson sets to pitch during last year’s Orange and Blue World Series It’s getting a bit chilly out there but for those interested in catching a ballgame, the Illinois baseball team will be playing in their annual split squad Orange and Blue World Series in the coming days.  The Orange and Blue World Series [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on October 2nd, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Just a few photos from Thursday’s workout. Showing again Illinois’ new world order, last year’s secondbaseman  Josh Parr is getting a workout at short.    A home plate view of freshman righty Matt Milroy. I love snapping the ball in mid flight. More photos from Thursday at the photo gallery. Share Tags: fall practice, josh [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on September 10th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Coach Hartleb watching from the sidelines I got a chance to watch full team practice today at Illinois Field.  It was nice hot day evidenced by the sweat pouring down the guys by the end of practice.  Coach Snider gets as much a workout as the players Watching practice is a different beast than in [...]

Filed under: Off Season Happenings on September 8th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Yes, it’s the fall but Illinois Field will begin seeing some action in the coming days.  In the past couple of weeks, coaches have been doing individual workouts with the team.  Starting this week, full team practice commences at Illinois Field. I’ll be stopping by with the camera on a couple days and hope to [...]

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