Illinois Baseball Report

Today was my first trip out to Illinois Field.  The second I stepped outside the building I work, I heard the ping of the bats (yes, I work that close).  I walked across the cemetery that separated me from the field and voila!, I was there. 
It’s been a good four months since I’ve been [...]

Filed under: Spring Practice on March 10th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

A couple days ago, I posted some photos from 2005 that I had not seen for a long while.  As promised, here are some from 2006 I also ran across.
Again, these photos are not the best quality but definitely valuable from an archive perspective. 
Enjoy.
 

Shawn Roof at bat against the Hawkeyes (4/22/06)

Jake [...]

Filed under: history on February 13th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

I ran across some old photographs on my system that not been previously posted.  By old I mean 2005, before I started blogging about the team.  To put this into historical context, this was the year that Illinois won the Big Ten Championship.  It was also Coach Itch Jones’ last year.
These photos actually have [...]

Filed under: history on February 10th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Coach Hartleb watching from the sidelines
I got a chance to watch full team practice today at Illinois Field.  It was nice hot day evidenced by the sweat pouring down the guys by the end of practice. 

Coach Snider gets as much a workout as the players
Watching practice is a different beast than in [...]

Filed under: Fall Happenings on September 8th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

I really thought we had them.  Going into the bottom of the sixth, we had a three-run lead.  But then again, this was Ohio State and we all know about their offense.  The Bucks scored two runs in each of the last three innings to defeat Illinois 7-4.

Aaron Johnson trots around the bases after his [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament, Game Recaps on May 22nd, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Just a few photos that were taken today that I thought might be interesting:
Huntington Park has been getting rave reviews from everyone I talk to.  It’s a very nice facility with some really cool features that we’re just used to at the college level…

… a cool video-enhanced scoreboard…

a sign measuring the speed of the pitches [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament on May 20th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

The linescore pretty much says it all
After spotting Michigan State four runs on an Eric Roof grand slam in the 3rd inning, Illinois came back like they were possessed scoring sixteen unanswered runs.  MSU managed to put one more across for the final tally of 16-5.

Take away the grand slam and you could say starter [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament, Game Recaps on May 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

–Single game tickets for the Big Ten Baseball tournament are now on sale!  Here’s the info on fightingillini.com. 
–I’m approaching 3000 photos of the Illini baseball team on the Photo Gallery, 2968 to be exact. My photos go back to the 2007 season.  If you are a fan of this site, no doubt you’ve been [...]

Filed under: Blog Administration on May 11th, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Ben Reeser honored on Senior Day
Illinois took a loss today against Ohio State in their last home game of 2009 by the score of 12-7.  The Illini battled back but couldn’t overcome a pair of five-run innings by the Buckeyes. 

Brandon Wikoff sliding home to score in the second inning
It was Senior Day [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 10th, 2009 | 4 Comments »

It was a tough game for the Illini though well played for the most part.  And even for the casual uninvolved observer, a very engaging game for lack of a better term. The lead changed six times during the course of the nine innings (if you count ties).  I mentioned to someone that the [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 9th, 2009 | 5 Comments »