Illinois Baseball Report

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! »

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 [...]

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 [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on April 17th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

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   Big Ten [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

Friday night games continue to be plagued by the weather.  Fortunately, Illinois and Ohio State were able to get a good six plus innings in before the game was called.  Even better, the Illini have a good head start on the Buckeyes leading 7-2. Starter Kevin Manson pitched a gem of a game allowing just [...]

Filed under: Game Recaps on May 9th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Next Game: Games #43-46 Sat May 3 3:05pm Sun May 4 1:05 (DH) Mon May 5 6:05pm Record: 25-17 Big Ten 11-9 vs Northwestern at Illinois Field, Champaign, IL Before I forget to mention it, the series with Northwestern has been moved back a day. due to weather concerns  So the first game is on [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on May 1st, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »