Game #1 / February 15, 2013 vs 13 2 The Illinois Baseball players gave Coach Dan Hartleb a pretty nice birthday present today. An opening day win. Today, pretty much everything went right for the Illini as they defeated the Golden Eagles of Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles in Cookeville. …
Opening week is so much fun, don’t you think? As the boys are on their way to Cookeville, Tennessee for their first meeting with the Golden Eagles of Tennessee Tech, the official weekend preview has been posted. As noted in my weekend preview, the pitching rotation will include two freshman. …
0-0 vs 0-0 T-minus two days before the 2013 season opener for the Fighting Illini Baseball team. On Friday at 3pm, the challenge begins. The challenge to see if Coach Hartleb’s Illini baseball team can come back from their lackluster finish in 2012. Time will tell but I know the…
Kevin Johnson: A pitcher to watch The Big Ten released its preseason poll of conference baseball coaches today. There’s good news and bad news. The good news is that if the coaches are right, Illinois should make the Big Ten Baseball Tournament. The bad news is that it will be…
It seems the job of a sports information director on any level is a never-ending one. I can only imagine the work that entails that position on a Big Ten team. As I mentioned a while back, we are welcoming Matt Wille as the new assistant sports information director for…
In anticipation of this Friday’s opening day against Tennessee Tech, Illini Baseball has put out its 2013 Illinois Baseball Season Preview. A lot of it is a summary of what you’ll find in the preseason notes section of the Record Book which was released over the weekend. However, if you…
Earlier this week, I did a plug for the Fourth annual Jock Jams that will be happening on February 27th. Illini Productions just came out with this video of past year’s performances to help promote the event. Looks like fun. Get your tickets at the Illini ticket office or…
The Baltimore Orioles must have remembered something they liked in Kyle Hudson. A little over a year after they designated the former Illini centerfielder for assignment, they signed him up again. Word came down yesterday that the Orioles will be re-signing Hudson to a minor league deal. The deal reportedly…
The 2013 Illini Baseball Record Book is now online! I know that new assistant sports information director Matt Wille has been hard at work putting this together. From what I can tell so far, it looks great. There is a LOT to devour and I just started to delve into…
It’s getting close to that time of year. In one week and change, the Illini baseball team will square off against Tennessee Tech in Cookeville. The month of February means something else too. Major League Baseball spring training is around the corner. That’s good news for at least one Illini. …