There’s been a strong effort by the UI baseball program to get back to its roots, to learn its history. It’s something I heartily embrace and I know a lot of fans feel the same. Many have asked me if there was some sort of repository of information on Illini…
This isn’t showing up on the official roster yet but Northwest Indiana Times reports that former Illinois pitcher Drew Dickinson has been signed by the Gary Southshore Railcats. The Railcats are in the independent Northern League. Dickinson came over from the Schaumburg Flyers to help complete a trade. Indeed, only…
Could be that Illinois is finally showing what they are really capable of.? I sure hope so. After sweeping the doubleheader today against the Dartmouth Big Green today, the Illinois will come home to Illinois with a 5-1 record from their Spring Break trip. That brings the Illini back up…
It was the Willie Argo show today as the Illini defeated Southeastern University 11-3 down in Winter Haven, Florida. Looking at their schedule, Southeastern is used to scoring in double-digits but today, Kevin Manson and company managed to keep the damage to a minimum. Despite the Fire’s ten hits, they…
We’re still in the middle of the Spring break trip but seeing it’s Monday, I’ll post this anyway. A quick look at the standings: Team Record Pct. Record Pct. Michigan State 0-0 .000 12-4 .750 Ohio State 0-0 .000 12-4 .750 Indiana 0-0 .000 9-9 .500 Michigan 0-0 .000…
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…
Two in a row! That’s the first time that’s happened this season but some reason, I don’t think it will be the last. Looking at the recap and boxscore of today’s game against North Dakota State University Bison, it just seems that nothing could go wrong down in Winter Haven,…
The Fighting Illini Dugout Club has some exciting news for anyone interested in attending the April 7 game at Busch Stadium versus University of Missouri. They will be sponsoring a fan bus to the game! Great news!!! Now billed as “The Battle at Busch”, the Illinois-Missouri game is sure to…
Today’s game against the Akron Zips was much like yesterday’s game against Bucknell. Illinois fell behind early, caught up to tie later then it was a dogfight till the end. The good news is that this time, Illini came up the victor, defeating Akron 7-6. It took some doing, though. …
Today’s game had to be a tough one to lose. After a roller coaster battle, Illinois came up on the short end of the stick and lost to Bucknell 8-7 in the first game of their Spring trip. Despite being down 5-1 by the top of third, Illinois rallied and…