If you attend Illinois baseball games, you have most likely seen Jim Halpin along the sidelines or in the dugout. As head athletic trainer for the team, he is there at every game. Jim plays an important and even critical role in the development of the players. I’ve been wanting…
It’s been six days since the announcement was made that the Illinois baseball spring 2020 season along with all Big Ten spring sports, has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To be sure, this has hit the team, the parents and the baseball program hard. Beyond just canceling games,…
From time to time, I like to interview those people who are involved with the Illinois Baseball program. Recently, I interviewed former Illini catcher and current Marketing Coordinator David Craan. I’ve also had the pleasure to chat with photographers, sports information directors (actually twice), and other former players who made…
David Craan (Fighting Illini bio) was a speedy, fine-gloved catcher for the Illinois baseball team. David finished his tenure with the Illini in spring 2019. Apparently, his time at Illinois is not done yet. David wasn’t your typical catcher and there is lot more to him than meets the eye.…
As the University of Illinois campus is suffering its coldest day of the year, I can only look forward to the Illinois baseball season in (hopefully) warmer weather. It won’t be long though. In a little more than five weeks, the Illini will start their season in Beaumont, Texas at…
Not wasting any time, newly hired assistant coach Spencer Allen was already giving interviews on the first day here on the University of Illinois campus. Courtesy of Illini Productions HD, here is Coach Allen’s first interview. There’s nothing too surprising in the content. As expected, Coach Allen does place an…
It seems the job of a sports information director on any level is a never-ending one. I can only imagine the work that entails that position on a Big Ten team. As I mentioned a while back, we are welcoming Matt Wille as the new assistant sports information director for…
It’s getting close to baseball season and there’s seems to be a little more media attention focused on the team. Jordan Parr gave an interview to Illini Productions while at practice yesterday. Coach Dan Hartleb got a few words in as well. He talked about the team’s performance last year…
With two weeks left before the Illinois baseball season starts, Jordan Parr gets in an interview with Illini Productions during practice at the Irwin Indoor Practice Facility. Jordan talks about coming back to the Illini after being drafted by the Dodgers, the new freshman on the team and even sneaks…
In his effort to cover the Big Ten Baseball scene, Chris Webb asked me if I could answer some questions for his blog, B1G Baseball. No one needs to ask me twice to talk about Illini Baseball so I told him I was happy to do so. You can check…