I love attending the Illinois Baseball Hot Stove Banquet! Mostly, because it signifies the beginning of the Illinois baseball season. Our eyes start paying more attention to the sport after a long winter. With the first game of the season only a month away, the media is picking up and…
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus is quiet now as most students have gone home and all but most essential staff are on holiday break, myself included. It’s a different feeling but a definite respite from the hustle and bustle of the normal day-to-day routine. I wanted to take this…
The Illini baseball coaching staff has been busy during the off-season. On Wednesday, the Illinois baseball program announced it has signed four student-athletes to National Letters of Intent to comprise the Class of 2024. Coach Dan Hartleb had glowing words about the new recruiting class: “I am extremely excited about…
Illinois baseball has announced the schedule for the 2024 season. Take a look. It’s a RPI-inducing doozy too. With opponents such as Wake Forest, Tennessee, and Coastal Carolina, our squad will have plenty of chances to prove themselves worthy. Scott Beatty seems to agree. Important dates A few dates to…
For their second Fall season game this year, Illinois baseball will be hosting the Indiana State Sycamores this Saturday. Heads up, though. The matchup has been rescheduled for noon most likely to accommodate the Illinois football game in Purdue. Earlier this month, the 2023-24 squad took on the Eastern Illinois…
It’s a new academic year, a new semester and yes, a new baseball season. Now that we have had Fall games for the past few years, we get a sneak preview of what bodes for Spring 2024… …and I am so stoked! Illinois baseball has two games scheduled at this…
In this week’s 2023 MLB Draft, two Illini hurlers were selected by baseball organizations with the intention of moving on up into the minor league system. Both were right-handed pitchers and both were chosen on Tuesday, the second day of the draft. Jack Wenninger Round 6 – Pick 186 Mets…
The Illinois baseball team ended the season with a bang. Four bangs, to be exact. And it was appropriate that as it was Senior Day, three of those homers were hit by seniors. Overall, Illinois seniors had a big impact on the weekend against UT Martin. The Illini won two…
This weekend is the last regular season series and the last chance you will get to see the Illini at Illinois Field this year until the Fall. The team will host UT Martin Skyhawks, a non-conference team. The Skyhawks are 21-31 but have a 14-10 Ohio Valley Conference record and…
For the fourth time in as many years, an Illini player has made it to the Majors! On Saturday, Illinois baseball’s all-time saves leader Garrett Acton was called up to the Oakland Athletics parent team from his Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators. At the time, Acton was 5-1 with a save…