Illinois Baseball Report

Weather continues to be an issue with the Illinois baseball schedule.  The Battle at Busch game tonight against Missouri has been postponed with no makeup scheduled yet. Also, the time of Wednesday’s game against the Illinois State Redbirds has been moved up to 3:05pm to take advantage of the warmer afternoon weather. Share Tags: battle [...]

Filed under: Announcements on March 29th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Tuesday night, the Illini baseball team will take on the Missouri Tigers in the Battle at Busch in St Louis.  This will be the second annual ‘Battle’- Illinois lost to the Tigers in a hard fought 7-4 match in 2010.  I went to the game and though the good guys didn’t win, it was quite [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on March 27th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Fightingillini.com came out with their weekend preview.  Johnson-Anderson-Kimes are the set pitchers for the weekend. For those who can’t make it out to the weekend, Gametracker will be up and so will live audio.  Links for all that are on the preview page. St Louis Bus Trip On a different note, I’ve been asked about [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on March 24th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Willie Argo approaching the plate Battle at Busch in 2010 The UI Athletic Department has announced that tickets for the second annual Battle at the Busch have gone on sale.  Illinois will take on Missouri Tigers and play at the home of the Cardinals on March 29th.  Gametime is 6:30pm. Tickets are $10.  Most likely, [...]

Filed under: Announcements on March 5th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

The Big Ten Network came out with a nice feature video of the Illinois baseball team’s trip down to Busch Stadium to play Missouri last month.  The “new border war”, as Coach Hartleb calls it.    Share Tags: battle at busch, big ten network, missouri Related posts Illini welcome Michigan State this weekend (0) Weather [...]

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

Last night was the touted “Battle at Busch”, a game between Illinois and Missouri at St Louis Cardinals’ Busch Stadium.  I went down the on the bus trip sponsored by the Dugout Club.  The trip was fun even though the good guys lost. The Illini had a great second inning offensively.  Other than that, Missouri [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on April 8th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

The Fighting Illini Dugout Club has some exciting news for anyone interested in attending the April 7 game at Busch Stadium versus University of Missouri.  They will be sponsoring a fan bus to the game!  Great news!!! Now billed as “The Battle at Busch”, the Illinois-Missouri game is sure to be a good one.  The [...]

Filed under: Announcements on March 20th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Tickets are now available for the April 7 game between Illinois and Missouri at Busch Stadium.  If you’re interested, you can purchase them at the St Louis Cardinals web site. Gametime is 7pm and the tickets are $15   Share Tags: announcement, battle at busch, missouri, schedule Related posts The 2012 Illinois Baseball poster unveiled plus [...]

Filed under: Announcements on March 5th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

I hadn’t even noticed this when I first glanced the 2010 Illinois schedule.   However, someone pointed out to me that in April, the team are in for a treat.  On April 7th, they will play at the St Louis Cardinals’ home field, Busch Stadium.  Outstanding!  They will play the University of Missouri Tigers.  I’m not [...]

Filed under: Feature on January 8th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Tuesday night the Illini fell to the Missouri Tigers 12-5. For those scoring at home, this does not affect their Big Ten record and therefore their fight to make the Big Ten Tournament is unaffected, at least standings-wise. I’m sure the Illini would have liked to go into the last regular season series of the [...]

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