Illinois will be traveling to West Lafayette to face Purdue for the last regular season series of the season. Not quite a weekend series as they will be playing Thursday-Saturday. Game #49 Record: 32-16 (15-6 Big Ten) vs Purdue University Boilermakers at Lambert Field, West Lafayette, IN May 14…
–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…
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…
Big Ten Overall Team W L T Pct W L T Pct Minnesota……….. 15 4 0 .789 33 13 0 .717 Illinois………… 15 5 0 .750 32 15 0 .681 Ohio State………. 14 6 0 .700 35 14 0 .714 Indiana…………. 13 6 0 .684 24 24 0 .500 Michigan…
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…
What’s the recipe for a big crowd at Illinois Field? Start with two nationally ranked teams fighting it out for a conference title. It doesn’t hurt to have free admission or free food. The promise of fireworks at the end of the game is a good idea too. It seemed…
This game ranks up there as one of the best baseball games I’ve ever seen considering what was at stake, how many were in attendance and what actually went down. And in case the photo above doesn’t give it away, Illinois won. With Alex Wimmers (above left) and Phil…
It’s around noon as I write this and it’s drizzling pretty steady here at the University of Illinois. Checking the forecasts, there’s a chance it will clear up for tonight (optimistic) or we’re in for a wet game tonight (realistic). [ Update: At 2:28pm, the sun finally peeked out from…
There’s a new blog out there covering Big Ten Baseball aptly named Big Ten Baseball Blog. It’s run by Daniel Pavlue who hails from Minnnesota and attends Gopher games. He promises he’ll be balanced in his coverage though. One reason I like it: a photo of Joe Bonadonna sliding into…
With all the excitement surrounding the Ohio State series, I didn’t want to forget about this. Yeah, yeah, another award for Brandon Wikoff. What else is new? Seems like he’s being honored like this every other day. I bet it’s gets old, getting all this attention. Just kidding, Brandon. This…