Illinois Baseball Report

It’s looking like a nice night for a ballgame for tonight’s Friday night matchup with Minnesota.  By the 6pm gametime, it looks like partly sunny and around 70 degrees.  Nice!!  This is the night for a ballgame!  Saturday will be warm but cloudy.  Rain will be coming late but as long as it’s not an [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on April 17th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

I don’t think I need to tell any Illinois baseball fan how important this weekend’s series against Minnesota is.  With five teams within one game of the top prize and Minnesota being at the top, Illinois needs to pull out at least a series win here.    Big Ten Overall Team W L T Pct [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 15th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Today in Minneapolis, Illinois split their doubleheader with the Golden Gophers of Minnesota giving them a 3-1 weekend win after winning both games yesterday. Recap: The first game was a squeaker with Minnesota winning 4-3.  Illinois took the lead 3-2 in the fifth with two runs.  Dom Altobelli’s double down the left field line was [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 20th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Yes, that is exactly what the doctor ordered!  After a five straight losses, we needed a couple wins to get us back on track and that’s exactly what we got against Minnesota on Saturday. The first game seemed to be outlet of pent-up burst of energy and frustration (not to mention offense) as the Illini [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 20th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Next Game: Game #32-35 Fri April 18 3:05pm Sat April 19 1:05pm DH Sun April 20 1:05pm Record: 18-13 Big 10 6-6 vs University of Minnesota at Siebert Field, Minneapolis, MN It’s going to be a big series up north this weekend.  The Illini are one game ahead of the Golden Gophers in the Big [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 17th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Some years, the Big Ten tournament champion is determined by Saturday night. In this strange year of one tough team in the loser’s bracket plus dealing with Mother Nature rearing her ugly head, three teams were still in the mix on Sunday morning. Unfortunately, I was on my way home on the train. Thanks to [...]

Filed under: 2007 Big Ten Tournament on May 28th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

During today’s Penn State-Minnesota game at the Big Ten baseball tournament, I saw someone who looked very familiar. I nudged Brian from Big Ten Hardball, who was sitting next to me and said, “Isn’t that Jon Saraceno from USA Today? It sure looks like him.” We discussed it and decided that no, it couldn’t be. [...]

Filed under: 2007 Big Ten Tournament, Media on May 26th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Well, with the Illini gone, I decided to stick around and watch some ball ANYWAY. Penn State who lost their very first game against the Buckeyes, have played with heart and have hung on, winning against Iowa, Michigan and yes, Illinois. Minnesota, on the other hand, have just come off a tough loss against the [...]

Filed under: 2007 Big Ten Tournament on May 26th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Thanks to Brian DeCaussin from Big Ten Hardball for taking this photo of me in front of the field at Ray Fisher stadium at the University of Michigan. The stadium is great and the staff here have been very friendly and helpful. Special thanks goes to the lady in the Big Ten Conference T-shirt booth [...]

Filed under: 2007 Big Ten Tournament on May 25th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Thursday, Illinois entered the loser’s bracket at the Big Ten Tournament as they lost to the Minnesota Golden Gophers 10-3. Starter Mike Stankiewicz The Gophers got to starter Mike Stankiewicz early as they hit him for 5 runs in the first inning and four runs before he got his first out. Brian Long replaced Stanky [...]

Filed under: 2007 Big Ten Tournament on May 24th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »