Here we go, Illini, Here we go! Here we go, Illini, here we go! It sure is nice to be in the winners’ bracket. No incredible comeback today at the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. Nope, the Illinois had things pretty much under control from the very start…
First of all, let me get this out of the way: Yessss! All Right!! WOW! Way to go, Illini! Woo hoo! I-L-L, I-N-I!! Whew. Sunday’s scoreboard shows the incredible comeback by the Illini Yes, the Illini won today. In a must-win game in order to go on to the Big…
Game Two’s scoreboard says it all It wasn’t a good day for Illinois baseball. They lost both games to the Michigan State Spartans and it wasn’t really close. They were outscored 23-7 for the two games. I hope Coach Hartleb has some good words of wisdom for boys in Orange…
It couldn’t get any better today for the University of Illinois. With Illinois going against Michigan in a doubleheader, I had Gametracker going on all day today. When the Illini won the first in extras that was great. When they won the second game behind a solid performance by Scott…
Last night I went to the University of Illinois baseball game against Robert Morris with my friends Brando and Shawn. Shawn Roof took some time to chat with us about ball and bat physics Before the game, Brando and I went down to the left field fence to watch the…
It was a frustrating weekend for the Illini as they had leads in all three games against University of Texas-Arlington only to lose them. Friday’s game was a heartbreaker lost in extra innings. Instead of dwelling on the losses (you can check out box scores yourself with fightingillini.com’s new web…
Were you worried? Just a little bit? I wasn’t. Ok, maybe a little bit. When the University of Illinois lost all three against Louisiana-Lafayette two weekends ago, it does make one pause to think. But consider this. The Ragin’ Cajuns had the advantage of having played five games already. Not…
The University of Illinois baseball team are two games into a three-game set with the Ragin’ Cajuns of Louisiana-Lafayette. Do you want the good news or bad news first? Last night, I logged into Gametracker just as the game was entering the ninth inning. The Illini were down 13-0. For…
This time it’s the Infielders and Outfielders Preview. In 2006, the Illini lost a big chunk of their team to graduation. Well, guess what? The young, green team of 2006 have one more year of experience and are that much better for it Coach Hartleb says: “Shawn plays with such…
Mike Rohde The University of Illinois baseball players have begun a blog of sorts. The best way to find them is to go to the U of I baseball page and find the entries from there. At the very least, we can find out what going on with the team.…