It’s opening day for the Illini which means they’re someplace warm, in this case, Clearwater, Florida. What’s different this year is that tonight, they are opening up against a Big Ten team, Iowa. My guess? They’re making up for lost time. They didn’t play the Hawkeyes all last year. Lars…
On the right sidebar, I placed an icon to my gallery of photos of the Illinois baseball team from the past three years. Take a look around if you want. I’m going to still host the photos on my thebaseballzealot.com domain mostly because it’s just easier that way. Unfortunately, the…
It may be freezing here in central Illinois but for Friday at Illinois-Iowa’s game time, it’s forecasted to be a balmy 51 degrees. Here again is the rundown of the (updated) weekend schedule for the BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge: Games #1,2,3 Record: 0-0 Feb 20 – 6:30 CST vs…
You can view/download the Big Ten Network baseball schedule in pdf form here. BTN opens their baseball season with back-to-back games between Illinois and Michigan (who have been establishing a rivalry in the past few years, it seems) on March 27 and March 28. Two weekends after that, we’ll be…
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…
Welcome to Illinois Baseball Report! This is the first official post of this fan blog dedicated to the University of Illinois baseball team and program. That said, you will see three years’ worth of posts and articles going back to 2005 which I imported from another blog of mine, The…
Zealot friend Brian D from Big Ten Hardball does his annual review of Big Ten baseball team and predicts Illinois to at least make the tournament in 2009. Brian’s bottom line?? Illinois will go as far as their pitching lets them. This team, like many of the recent Illini squads,…
Illinois freshman catcher Adam Davis was featured in an Inside Illinois article by Melissa Mitchell on University of Illinois athletes gaining "increased agility, dexterity through (a) dance class". Apparently, it’s a popular move by all the sports coaches at Illinois. The class they took was Dance 100 taught by Kate…
This bit of news came out before the holidays but is worth passing on. The 2009 Big Ten Tournament will be held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio. Huntington Park is the home of the Yankees’ Triple-A team, the Columbus Clippers. The set dates for the tournament are May 20-23. …
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything about the Illini. But yesterday, news came out that six Illinois players have signed letters of intent. As of now, the 2009 class includes Christian Cummins of Harrisburg, Ill., Davis Hendrickson, of Macomb, Ill., Brandon Hohl, of Mokena, Ill., Kevin Johnson, of…