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! »

Illinois’ All-Big Ten Third Team pitcher Wes Braun got some post season press coverage.  He was interviewed by Jeremy Fine of Oy! Chicago, an online Jewish social website. It’s an illuminating interview… you’ll find out Wes’ hopes for the future, favorite Jewish ballplayers and favorite pizza. By the way, you might recognize the photo from [...]

Filed under: Media on June 29th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Before we close out the Illini’s venture to California, I wanted to make sure everyone got a chance to see these videos.  A few of the players made to the big screen (well, ‘big’ if you are a baseball player). In this first one, pay close attention to the very start where you see a [...]

Filed under: NCAA Regionals on June 6th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Scott Powers of ESPN Chicago has a nice piece on Pete Cappetta and his comeback in the second half.  Definitely check it out. The Chicago Tribune interviewed walk-off hero Matt Dittman The Daily Illini has a couple of interesting articles.  One on the missing trophy (stupid policy in my opinion) and another preview of the [...]

Filed under: 2011 Big Ten Tournament, Media on May 26th, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Just catching up on a few stories… The Daily Illini has a nice article on the Parr brothers not to mention Dad Cam who we find out was a shortstop himself at Huntington University. Speaking of shortstops, former Illini shortstop Brandon Wikoff (left, during his Illini days) has been doing quite well in AA ball. [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros, Media on May 7th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Here’s the IlliniHQ.com’s summary from last night’s win against Iowa entitled ‘Shelton delivers’.  I get personal satisfaction from that because Thomas Shelton is a student in the department where I work.  Keep it up, Thomas! IlliniHQ also had an accompanying ‘just-the-facts’ article.  By the way, it’s official, Josh Parr injured is knee during practice which [...]

Filed under: Media on April 9th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Well, it seems our options to watch college baseball live either on TV or via webcast have widened in the last couple of the years.  The interest is there and there are the people who are willing to do it. Collegebaseball360.com, for example, for will be broadcasting 13 of the 24 games of the Big [...]

Filed under: Media on February 12th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Good news!  The Big Ten Records Book has been updated and is now available to everyone in pdf format. I love this kind of stuff.  If we want statistics from Major League Baseball’s past, we only need to go Retrosheet.org or BaseballReference.com and we have it all.  It’s all there… just a few mouse clicks [...]

Filed under: Big Ten on October 26th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

I just noticed today that the updated roster for the 2011 season has been posted on the U of I baseball website.  That in itself is great.  I have a hard enough time keep the new guys straight.  But there’s a new bonus that probably appeals to geeks like me.  The online roster has a [...]

Filed under: Media on October 4th, 2010 | Leave a 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! »