Illinois Baseball Report

Dang, it looks like no baseball tonight.  After raining most of the day here in Champaign-Urbana, the sun actually came out for about 20 minutes around 4:00pm.  It did resort to cloudiness but I half wondered if they would go ahead with the game.  Looking at the forecast (it’s calling for more thunderstorms around 7pm), [...]

Filed under: Announcements on April 22nd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

This weekend brings the Michigan State Spartans to Champaign, Illinois.  Looking at the weather forecast, Saturday may actually be a decent day for baseball… cloudy, maybe but warm and not wet.  Friday and Sunday may be a different story, however.  I’m still holding hope. I really do hope that we can get Friday’s game in.  [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 21st, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Yes, canceled not postponed. There just isn’t are enough dates to accommodate both teams.  I wasn’t too surprised to hear this.  It’s been rainy here in Champaign-Urbana all day.  It wasn’t until 5:00 when the sun poked out. The good news (knock on wood) is that Wednesday looks nice and sunny for our home game [...]

Filed under: Announcements on April 19th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

I have a friend named Todd who is an umpire in Division III back east.  Whenever we get talking, the discussion always gets back to baseball and umpiring.  He knows I’m an Illinois baseball fan so I like to pump him with questions.  Sometimes they revolve around obscure rules and odd situations I may have [...]

Filed under: Feature on April 16th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Corey Kimes is the scheduled Sunday starter this weekend Illinois travels to Ann Arbor this weekend to play Michigan.  One note before I go on… the Friday game has been moved up to 3:05pm because of weather. Illinois’ offense will need to find their bats as they are currently haven’t scored a run in 16 [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 14th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Weather continues to be an issue with the Illinois baseball schedule.  The Battle at Busch game tonight against Missouri has been postponed with no makeup scheduled yet. Also, the time of Wednesday’s game against the Illinois State Redbirds has been moved up to 3:05pm to take advantage of the warmer afternoon weather. Share Tags: battle [...]

Filed under: Announcements on March 29th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

The Illini (including Adam Davis (left) and Brandon Hohl), were ready to play today We were all there today.  The the fans (more than I thought would show up in this cold weather) were in the stands, players had gone through all their warm-ups, and announced starter John Anderson was tossing in the bullpen. Unfortunately, [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 26th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Apparently it’s not all sunshine and warm weather in Florida.  Like here in Central Illinois today, they are getting rain.  So today’s 4pm matchup between Dartmouth and Illinois was cancelled.  Since the Illini were going to play the Big Green for the second time on Wednesday anyway, today’s game has been re-scheduled for then as [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on March 21st, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

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 till [...]

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! »