It’s a busy week on campus. All the University students are back and finding their way to their new classes. Good luck to the players this semester. I don’t need to remind them how important their studies are. To their credit, Coach Hartleb and the rest of the coaching staff…
It was nice and warm Sunday October afternoon for Game Two of University of Illinois’ Orange and Blue World Series. There was just enough breeze to make things interesting. Yesterday, it was a good crowd in the stands because of the home football game. Even so, they managed to get…
Forget the cold. Forget the fact that it’s only a split squad game. It was just nice to see an honest to goodness baseball game at Illinois Field today. And in some ways, a split squad game between the University of Illinois baseball squad makes it interesting. It gives us…
John Anderson sets to pitch during last year’s Orange and Blue World Series It’s getting a bit chilly out there but for those interested in catching a ballgame, the Illinois baseball team will be playing in their annual split squad Orange and Blue World Series in the coming days. The…
Just a few photos from Thursday’s workout. Showing again Illinois’ new world order, last year’s secondbaseman Josh Parr is getting a workout at short. A home plate view of freshman righty Matt Milroy. I love snapping the ball in mid flight. More photos from Thursday at the photo gallery.
Coach Hartleb watching from the sidelines I got a chance to watch full team practice today at Illinois Field. It was nice hot day evidenced by the sweat pouring down the guys by the end of practice. Coach Snider gets as much a workout as the players Watching practice is…
Yes, it’s the fall but Illinois Field will begin seeing some action in the coming days. In the past couple of weeks, coaches have been doing individual workouts with the team. Starting this week, full team practice commences at Illinois Field. I’ll be stopping by with the camera on a…
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…