I took a five day hiatus from the blog and the sports world in general as the family and I went to Chicago for an extended weekend. The only remotely sports related things I encountered was breezing by the Friendly Confines countless times on the Red Line and seeing a…
After last weekend’s canceled series against Texas Tech, the University of Illinois baseball team heads south for spring break. Their destination is the IMG Academies in Bradenton, Florida where they will play five games. In between, they will take on Miami of Ohio at Ed Smith Stadium (the Cincinnati Reds’…
Good news on the Illini front. Perhaps they’ve shaken the early season jitters as they went 6-0 on the Spring break road trip. They finished in style defeating Cornell 19-12 Friday. Offense has not been a problem lately as they averaged over 10 runs a game for the six-game road…