The Big Ten Network has promised they would provide more games via streaming video this year and it looks like they are coming through. They have announced their online streaming schedule for 2010 and it is quite improved from last year. At this point, Illinois has ten games on their…
Hard to believe that one month from today when students are still in their first week of classes, Illinois is scheduled for their first game of the 2010 season. It’s a HOME game to boot. Some of the cynics out there are wondering if given our Illinois weather, we’ll be…
I hadn’t even noticed this when I first glanced the 2010 Illinois schedule. However, someone pointed out to me that in April, the team are in for a treat. On April 7th, they will play at the St Louis Cardinals’ home field, Busch Stadium. Outstanding! They will play the University…
I’ve gotten some questions both online and in person about the early home opening series against the Bradley Braves on February 20-21. Let’s clear a couple things up: no, it’s not a typo and no, the team won’t be playing in any local indoor facility Nice try. Those who show…
The Big Ten announced today that Columbus, Ohio has locked up the Big Ten Baseball Tournament through 2012. Specifically, the tourney will be played at Bill Davis Stadium in 2010. It will then return to Huntington Park where the 2009 Tournament was played for the years 2011 and 2012. From…
Illinois announced that they have released their 2010 baseball schedule last week. They’re playing in a couple new tournaments this year. But the big surprise is that they will be opening at home. Brr! But hey, it’s baseball in a little over two months away and that makes me happy. …
New Banner You may notice I changed the banner that headlines this website. Times change and players move on so I thought I’d update the photos to reflect that. Also, while I’m on the topic of photos, I’ve put a widget on the sidebar that will display a random photo…
Citing the success of last year’s effort, the Big Ten and the Big EAST will once again kick off the season in 2010. Both conferences have announced the schedule of the Big Ten/Big EAST Challenge. "We are very happy to once again host the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge," said Kevin…
If anyone is interested, I’ve created a public calendar of the University of Illinois baseball home game schedule on Google Calendar. Feel free to use it. It’s also available in iCal and RSS formats though I haven’t really tested those formats fully. The normal disclaimers apply. I’ve checked and…
Due to one field not being playable, there has been some changes in the Big East/Big Ten Challenge this weekend. Here are the Illini Games scheduled: Friday, 6:30pm Illinois at Iowa Jack Russell Stadium Saturday 6:30pm Illinois at Notre Dame McKechnie Field Sunday 12:00 noon West Virginia at Illinois…