Illinois Baseball Report

We’re still in the middle of the Spring break trip but seeing it’s Monday, I’ll post this anyway.  A quick look at the standings:   Team Record Pct. Record Pct. Michigan State 0-0 .000 12-4 .750 Ohio State 0-0 .000 12-4 .750 Indiana 0-0 .000 9-9 .500 Michigan 0-0 .000 9-9 .500 Purdue 0-0 .000 [...]

Filed under: Analysis on March 22nd, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Ok, considering we came into the weekend 1-5, we had a pretty darn good weekend.  On a broader scale, we went 2-2 for the weekend which is a whole lot better than the ultimate result we had been getting.  Not to mention the exciting win against #12 Coastal Carolina Chants.  Maybe it doesn’t it doesn’t [...]

Filed under: Analysis on March 15th, 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   Tags: announcement, battle at busch, missouri, schedule Related posts BTN video of Illini’s trip to Busch (0) [...]

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

Today,  The Big Ten Network came out with a press release announcing their baseball and softball coverage for 2010. BTN’s baseball and softball coverage will be doubled from last year, they say.  They will be producing at least 102 baseball and softball games for either the Big Ten Network telecast or the Big Ten Network [...]

Filed under: Media on February 16th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

A snowy day against MSU in March ‘09 Fans and friends who had heard about Illinois baseball’s early home date of February 20 have been asking me about it.  Typical questions are “Are they holding in inside?’”, “Is it a typo on the schedule?”, and “Are they crazy?”. Well, as to that last bit, it [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on February 9th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

The Big Ten Network has promised they would provide more games via streaming video this year and it looks like they are coming through.  They have announced their online streaming schedule for 2010 and it is quite improved from last year.  At this point, Illinois has ten games on their schedule.  Essentially, it comes down [...]

Filed under: Media on February 1st, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Hard to believe that one month from today when students are still in their first week of classes, Illinois is scheduled for their first game of the 2010 season.  It’s a HOME game to boot.  Some of the cynics out there are wondering if given our Illinois weather, we’ll be able to get our weekend [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on January 20th, 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! »

I’ve gotten some questions both online and in person about the early home opening series against the Bradley Braves on February 20-21.  Let’s clear a couple things up: no, it’s not a typo and no, the team won’t be playing in any local indoor facility Nice try.  Those who show up on that weekend will [...]

Filed under: Announcements on December 21st, 2009 | 3 Comments »

The Big Ten announced today that Columbus, Ohio has locked up the Big Ten Baseball Tournament through 2012.  Specifically, the tourney will be played at Bill Davis Stadium in 2010.  It will then return to Huntington Park where the 2009 Tournament was played for the years 2011 and 2012. From the Big Ten Network: The [...]

Filed under: Big Ten on December 16th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »