Illinois baseball has an in-state weekend series starting tomorrow. They travel (just a little) south to visit the Southern Illinois Salukis. The Salukis are off to a good start in 2022. Not only are they 13-4 but they are 8-1 at home. Gametime Friday is 6pm. There’s a strong connection between…
Last weekend, Illinois baseball battled to win the last two games against the Elon Phoenix for another series win. Illinois has now won seven of their last nine games and brings them to an 8-5 overall record as the conference season approaches. Illinois 6 Elon 10 Danny Doligale, Branden Comia…
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…
J.D. Nielsen effective out of the pen with a 1.74 ERA You could almost say that Illinois baseball (6-7) is going to the dogs. This weekend the Illini will face the Huskies of Northern Illinois and the Salukis of Southern Illinois. The good guys are traveling to Carbondale, Illinois for…
Itch Jones honored this weekend This Fighting Illini announcement caught my eye today. This is Homecoming Weekend at the University of Illinois and the Varsity “I” Association is honoring seven people. Two of the 2015 honorees have been affiliated with the Illinois baseball program. The highest honor which goes to…
Four wins for Big Bob! Wednesday night, the Illinois baseball team extended their winning streak to seven games with a 7-2 win over the visiting St. Louis Billikens. Rob McDonnell won his fourth game of the year and with a 2 for 4 performance, left fielder Ryan Nagle has now…
While every series with friendly rival Southern Illinois University is a little special, this weekend’s three-game set down in Carbondale holds a special meaning for both teams. They will be breaking in the brand spanking new Itchy Jones Stadium, the new home for the SIU Salukis baseball team. Itchy Jones…
A friendly reader told me I was a bit negative as far as the Illini’s chances for the tourney in my weekend preview. She might be right. I need to drink from the glass half full. Bischoff: 23 straight But tonight’s game didn’t help (you saw that coming). Purdue’s Matt…
For this week’s two midweek games, we’re playing two state universities… Eastern Illinois and Southern Illinois. Don’t look at their records. Both are tough in their own way. As for us, we’re even-steven. The Illini are 13-13 overall and 3-3 against the Big Ten. Let’s take a look at both…
I ran across some old photographs on my system that not been previously posted. By old I mean 2005, before I started blogging about the team. To put this into historical context, this was the year that Illinois won the Big Ten Championship. It was also Coach Itch Jones’ last…