Illinois Baseball Report

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 [...]

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With the playoff game going on tonight, I had lot going on already but that didn’t stop me from dropping by Illinois Field after work and catching a few innings of today’s game of Orange and Blue Game World Series.  The intra squad series of the University of Illinois baseball team has been going on [...]

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I dropped by the fourth game of the Orange and Blue series after work today. I ran into former Illini shortstop Shawn Roof at the game.  I hadn’t seen Roof (shown above with junior Nathan Lawrence) since the Big Ten Tournament last spring so we caught up with each other.  He talked about his summer [...]

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On Sunday, my son and I went to Illinois Field to watch the Illini play Game 3 of their Orange and Blue Series. Coach Hartleb (right) takes the field before the game. Scott Shaw pitches for the Orange team.  In 2006, Scott was practically unhittable when he was on his game. Freshman John Schlichter hit one out [...]

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Ben Reeser coming off a lights-out summer, started for the Orange team. I stopped by the first game of University of Illinois’ Orange and Blue series.  Stop by The Baseball Zealot photo gallery and see the photos I took. 2B Ryan Hastings takes third on a fly ball. If you want to see the Illini in action [...]

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The schedule for Illini’s Orange and Blue series has mostly been set.   Sept 28 – 4pm Sept 29 – 10am Sept 30 – 10am Oct 5 – 4pm Oct 6 – TBA This split squad series is a good chance to see the Illinois team in action!  In other Illini news, I had already reported [...]

Filed under: Awards on September 24th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Throughout the summer the Illini baseball program has been keeping us informed of what’s was happening in the player’s own words with Summer Diamond Notes.  I found them very useful and entertaining. Now it turns out they will continue the series with Fall Diamond Notes.  Presumably, they will detail how things are going in fall [...]

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In their respective collegiate summer leagues, Illini players Ben Reeser and Nick Stockwell won post season awards before heading back to the University of Illinois for classes.  Reeser was dubbed Coastal Plain League Defensive Player of the Year after winning a Fayetteville Swampdog team record 8 games with a 1.61 ERA.  Stockwell ended the summer [...]

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Got a chance to catch some good Illini action over the weekend. And no, I don’t mean the Illinois/Iowa football game. I did watch that on TV. Ugh. i did catch a couple games of the Illini baseball Blue-Orange series. For those not familiar, it is essentially a split squad scrimmage. But watching them play [...]

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Heads up for baseball fans in the Champaign-Urbana area! The Illini baseball team will be playing its annual Blue and Orange Series for the next few days. Scheduled times are: Friday, Sept. 22 – 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23 – one hour after the end of the football game Sunday, Sept. 24 – 11 a.m. [...]

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