Illinois Baseball Report

Hang up your down coat.  Pack away your snow pants.  You won’t need them this weekend. 
The Bradley series this coming weekend has been canceled due to the “forecasted below-average temperatures and current snow cover”.  I doubt this series ever had a fleeting chance given our cold winter this year.  They didn’t even wait [...]

Filed under: Announcements on February 18th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

It’s Monday, February 15, five days before the scheduled opening day at Illinois Field.  Right now in Urbana, it’s 23 degrees and there are light flurries falling on the already packed snow.  I’m not holding my breath for a game on Saturday but I’d love to see Mother Nature prove me wrong.   Meanwhile to get [...]

Filed under: Awards on February 15th, 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 would [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on February 9th, 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’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 be [...]

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

It’s looking like a nice night for a ballgame for tonight’s Friday night matchup with Minnesota.  By the 6pm gametime, it looks like partly sunny and around 70 degrees.  Nice!!  This is the night for a ballgame! 
Saturday will be warm but cloudy.  Rain will be coming late but as long as it’s not an [...]

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The Big Ten Network tried their best to delay today’s game as much as possible but it just wasn’t going to happen.  Around 4:30, during a break between “Big Ten Short Stories” (did you know a Penn State hockey goalie became Miss Virginia??), the broadcasters told us that they were going to try to get [...]

Filed under: Announcements on March 28th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Due to one field not being playable, there has been some changes in the Big East/Big Ten Challenge this weekend. 
Here are the Illini Games scheduled:
 
Friday, 6:30pm  Illinois at Iowa Jack Russell Stadium
Saturday 6:30pm  Illinois at Notre Dame McKechnie Field

Sunday 12:00 noon  West Virginia at Illinois Naimoli Complex
 

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Filed under: Announcements on February 15th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Once again the weather prevails.  For the 15th time this season, a game has been affected by weather.  Thursday’s game between Illinois and Purdue has been postponed.
The game will be made up during the course of the weekend.  Friday’s doubleheader will start an hour earlier at 3pp and there will be an extra game tacked [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on May 15th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Next Game:

Games #50-53

Thur May 15 6:05pm

Fri May 16 3:00 (DH)

Sat May 17 4:00pm (DH)

Record: 29-20
Big Ten 15-12

vs Purdue

at Illinois Field Champaign, IL

Ok, Illini Fans, this is it.  Our magic number is down to two.  The Purdue Boilermakers are coming to town and the Illini need all fans to come to the park.  Don’t forget [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on May 14th, 2008 | 1 Comment »