Opening week is so much fun, don’t you think? As the boys are on their way to Cookeville, Tennessee for their first meeting with the Golden Eagles of Tennessee Tech, the official weekend preview has been posted. As noted in my weekend preview, the pitching rotation will include two freshman. With senior Kevin Johnson going [...]
Filed under: Media on February 14th, 2013 | Leave a Comment! »
This Friday, it will be three weeks left until Illini Baseball begins their season. That’s when they start off with a three-game weekend against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles. The Illini Baseball program is kicking the season off by releasing their official poster for the 2013 season. Perhaps underscoring the youth on this team, this [...]
Filed under: Announcements on January 23rd, 2013 | Leave a Comment! »
Coach Dan Hartleb announced the official 2012-2013 Illinois Baseball schedule earlier this week. You can find the schedule here at the FightingIllini.com website or download it pdf form. It’s a “competitive” schedule says Hartleb: “I am extremely excited about the quality of our 2013 schedule. We will be playing a number of teams that are [...]
Filed under: Announcements on November 1st, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The Daily Illini has a solid article regarding some proposed changes to the Big Ten Baseball schedule. It includes some extensive quotes from key members of the B10 baseball arena including Brad Traviolia, the Big Ten Deputy Commissioner and a few of the head coaches. Minnesota head coach John Anderson is leading the charge on [...]
Filed under: Big Ten on May 29th, 2012 | Leave a Comment! »
It looks like Purdue’s stranglehold on the rest of the Big Ten is not going to let up. They’ve already clinched a spot in the Big Ten Tournament Championship game. They’ll be playing the winner of the Michigan State/Indiana game today. There’s more info at Big Ten Baseball’s Tournament Central. — This very interesting link [...]
Filed under: 2012 Big Ten Tournament, Former Illini in the pros on May 26th, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The U of I Baseball program has unveiled the official poster for the 2012 season. If you can’t wait till opening home date to see it up close, they’ve uploaded here so you can take a gander. **** WCIA-News has an interesting story about a few undergraduate students working with a journalism professor to [...]
Filed under: Off Season Happenings on February 5th, 2012 | Leave a Comment! »
Here in Champaign-Urbana, we’ve just had our first taste of winter. In the last couple of days, we’ve had high temps in the 20s with a nice blanket of snow on the ground. Up until this point, it was almost (college) baseball weather. On the Fightingillini.com blog, Ben Taylor reminds us that it’s 36 days [...]
Filed under: Analysis on January 14th, 2012 | Leave a Comment! »
Every man is like the company he is wont to keep. Euripides (484-406 B.C.) It’s a relevant quote considering the announcement three days ago of the 2012 Illini Baseball schedule. This is big news. Not just because the new schedule has come out so early. But also because of the stiff competition we’ll be facing [...]
Filed under: Announcements on November 19th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The schedule for the 2012 Big East/Big Ten Challenge has been released. You can find it at http://www.bigtenbigeastbaseballchallenge.com/ Relevant to our interests, here are the Illinois games: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2012 1:00pm Notre Dame at Illinois (Walter Fuller Complex – Field #1, St. Petersburg, FL) SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2012 4:00pm Louisville at Illinois (Al Lang [...]
Filed under: Announcements on October 4th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »
Practice at Illinois Field has, of course, been going on for a few weeks now but fightingillini.com has posted a schedule of practice times for anyone who wants to stop by and watch the boys play. The schedule includes the the official dates for the Orange and Blue World Series games. Mon., Oct. 3 – [...]
Filed under: Off Season Happenings on September 22nd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »
