In the “not baseball-related” category, it’s Homecoming Weekend now at the University of Illinois. As tradition with our family, we attended Friday night’s Homecoming Parade. Lots of fun as usual. Some photos: Game time is at noon and it will be televised on ESPN. Go Illini! Whack the Gophers!
With the playoff game going on tonight, I had lot going on already but that didn’t stop me from dropping by Illinois Field after work and catching a few innings of today’s game of Orange and Blue Game World Series. The intra squad series of the University of Illinois baseball…
Next February, the Illini will compete in a tournament between the Big Ten and BIG EAST conferences. The inaugural BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge will take place February 20-22, 2009 and will be hosted by the St Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission. All teams of the Big Ten and BIG EAST will take…
I wandered onto the Illinois Field premises during practice on Wednesday and snapped a few shots. It had rained earlier in the day but conditions were ok for a few hours of field time. Say what you want about Illinois Field’s Field Turf, it does handle the rain pretty well.…
Today, the University of Illinois baseball team took the field at Illinois Field for the first time this semester for practice. So I took off work early and got some photos. It was a sunny, hot 92-93 degrees and just standing around was enough to work up a sweat. I…
Chris Robinson who was a catcher for the University of Illinois and played for Team Canada in this year’s Olympics, did a Q&A for the Chicago Tribune. I was a bit puzzled by the Trib’s last question though. Q: Cubs vs. Tigers, World Series. Who do you root for? Umm,…
Team USA came from a 4-0 deficit to beat Canada Saturday. With the score 4-3 in the bottom of 7th, Terry Tiffee was the hero of the game with two doubles and two key rbis. Box Score A tough luck loss for former Illini catcher Chris Robinson who is playing…
Three days into Olympic baseball and powerhouse Cuba has already shown they are a force to be reckoned with. They are undefeated through three games having beaten US, Canada and Japan. The US took gold in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney but it will take a Cinderella story for that…
Steve Vedder from The Grand Rapids Press has a nice feature on former University of Illinois catcher Chris Robinson who is representing his home country by playing for Team Canada. Team Canada plays their first game of the Olympics on August 13 when they face China. 2008 Olympic Baseball schedule
I watched a bit of the Olympics today. I admit I’m a fan when they come around. Unfortunately, this will be the last time baseball and softball will be featured during the summer games. I don’t agree with the decision especially since there are other “sports” that the Olympics are…