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! »

Occasionally, I like to do interviews here are on IBR but this time I was really looking forward to doing this one.  The subject this time is sports photographer Cary Frye.  Those baseball fans  who attend games at Illinois Field will probably recognize Cary with his signature orange cap usually worn backwards.  As an amateur [...]

Filed under: Feature on April 22nd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Former Illini shortstop Shawn Roof, who played for the AAA Toledo Mudhens in 2010, left a Illini legacy that will not soon be forgotten.  Sure there are the on-the-field accomplishments.  In his senior year in 2007, he broke the team single season record for steals and hit by pitches.  By the end of his college [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on November 3rd, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Ben Taylor is my go-to guy for information about the University of Illinois baseball program.  Ben serves as Assistant Sports Information Director at the U of I and specifically works with the Illini baseball, wrestling and football teams.  It his job to coordinate publicity for the sports programs and work with the media.  From my [...]

Filed under: Feature on May 14th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

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! »

This weekend, Illinois takes on Michigan.   Michigan Wolverines April 16, 2010 6:05 pm ct April 17, 2010 3:05 pm ct April 18, 2010 1:05 pm ct Illinois Field Champaign, IL Program website link Record 18-11 (Big Ten 4-2) Head Coach: Rich Maloney Key player: Ryan LaMarre If you missed it from the previous post, [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 15th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

This weekend, the Illini take on the University of Michigan Wolverines for a three game series.  To get a good feel for the team, I’m interviewing fomerlyanonymous who blogs about the Michigan baseball team at mgoblog.com.  On to the interview: Illinois Baseball Report:  Michigan outfielder Ryan LaMarre, who was injured in the first weekend of [...]

Filed under: Feature on April 14th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Larry Fall blogs about sports at Penn State University and his blog, Happy Valley  Hardball covers the baseball team at PSU.  Happy Valley takes a unique look at the team as it is very stats-oriented and Larry even occasionally expands his coverage to the conference in general.  In light of Illinois’ opening Big Ten series [...]

Filed under: Feature on March 31st, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

My first memory of Pete Cappetta was during a particularly one-sided loss against Penn State in 2008, his freshman year. Cappetta was our backup shortstop back then and wasn’t getting a lot of playing time yet. While Illinois lost that game 16-5, Cappetta’s three-run homerun in the seventh inning (seen right as he high-fives the [...]

Filed under: Feature on February 13th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

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! »