Last night, the Illinois baseball program celebrated at its annual Hot Stove Banquet. Sponsored by the Illini Baseball program and the Illinois Baseball Dugout Club, the Hot Stove is held every year in the offseason. Fans at the banquet were treated to a terrifically uncompromising speech by Hall of Fame…
The Illini baseball team are adding to its coaching staff. Joining head coach Dan Hartleb, assistant coaches Drew Dickinson and Adam Christ and volunteer coach Kyle Hudson is a familiar face. Michael Hurwitz who has spent much of the last five years playing second base for Illinois will be the…
I know Dan Hartleb has always placed a high priority on academics during his reign as head coach of the Illinois baseball team. According to data released by the NCAA today, it can be shown that this isn’t all talk. Illinois baseball is one of seven Illini athletic programs that…
Coach Dan Hartleb and his crew have been busy since the Orange and Blue World Series. FightingIllini.com reports today that three high school seniors and one JC sophomore have signed National Letters of Intent to play for the Illinois baseball team. All four will eligible to play in the 2017-2018…
I was looking up at the banner of Illinois Baseball Report a few weeks back and noticed it was about time to change it. Three of the players, Jason Goldstein, Adam Walton and Cody Sedlock, have gone on to bigger and better things. And while I liked Coach Hartleb’s…
My friend Robin gifted me a pretty nifty piece of Illinois Baseball memorabilia. It is an unperforated set of baseball cards of the 1993 Illinois baseball team. Wow! Lots of history here. Starting with the head coach, Itch Jones who still ranks 28th all-time with 1,242 wins. And guess who…
After a fall’s worth a practice and a couple of scrimmages, the Orange and Blue World Series took place this week. This is probably the 12th one I’ve attended and I don’t think I’ve seen a more one-sided victory by one of the teams. The Orange Team swept the Blue…
From the looks of it, the guys have been having fun with the intrasquad scrimmages the past two Saturdays. But check it out! Scrimmages are just scrimmages but next week, the real Orange and Blue World Series takes place. Then, things are going down. Three games are scheduled next week. …
Saturday was another repeat from last weekend. We had rain early in the morning but by the time the Illinois baseball players were scheduled to square off in their intrasquad matchup at 10:40am, it was nice and sunny and perfect baseball weather. It was a repeat in other ways…
This Saturday, they’ll be at it again. After having so much fun last weekend, Illinois baseball’s Orange Team and Blue Team will battle it out this coming Saturday during another open scrimmage at Illinois Field. What: Open scrimmage Where: Illinois Field When: September 17 at 10:40am (gates open at 9:00am…