Saturday night is Illinois baseball’s annual Hot Stove banquet officially kicking off the 2019 season. And yes, there actually is a hot stove. It is lit at the beginning of the banquet. Rumor has it that the organizers of the banquet have to get special permission from the City Fire…
Today, the new Kenosha team in the Northwoods League unveiled their logo and name. They will be called the Kingfish and you can find them at their new website at http://www.kingfishbaseball.com/. From the Northwoods League website: A new era of baseball will begin at a renovated Simmons Field on May…
Wednesday, Coach Dan Hartleb announced that he has signed three high school players to a letter of intent to play at the University of Illinois. Here’s a quick summary of the three recruits. Zach Barnhart, MIF 5-10 / 150 / R/R / Springfield, Ill. / Springfield HS One name should…
Heads up Illini Baseball fans! The team has just updated their player roster to reflect the 2013-2014 changes. You can find it at the fightingillini.com website.
The fourth annual Jock Jams has now been scheduled for February 27. What is Jock Jams, you say?? It’s an event sponsored by the U of I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee full of singing, dancing and acting performed by University of Illinois athletes. It’s done all in name of community and…
For those interested, local online magazine Smile Politely just published an article I wrote. It’s a summer wrap-up of Illinois baseball including highlights from summer leagues and minor league action of former Illini. Once again, I’d like to express thanks to Smile Politely’s interest in covering college baseball throughout the…
The Illini baseball team have come up with their 2010 highlight video. Here it is (click again for larger version). Nice job by Illini productions who helped put it together.