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 it was infield fielding practice with Coach Hartleb hitting the ball to the guys.
Watching practice, you see so much of the effort that goes into teamwork that seems transparent during the actual game.
See photos from last week on their first day of practice.
In other Illinois Baseball news, former Illini firstbaseman Mike Rohde was just named Rookie of the Year in the Northern League. Congrats Mike!