Next February, the Illini will compete in a tournament between the Big Ten and BIG EAST conferences. The inaugural BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge will take place February 20-22, 2009 and will be hosted by the St Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission. All teams of the Big Ten and BIG EAST will take…
Once again the weather prevails. For the 15th time this season, a game has been affected by weather. Thursday’s game between Illinois and Purdue has been postponed. The game will be made up during the course of the weekend. Friday’s doubleheader will start an hour earlier at 3pp and there…
Saturday, the Illini went 1-2. Not every day that’s going to happen. My plan was to go the ballpark to see the Illini finish up Friday’s game with the Nittany Lions and play their regularly scheduled doubleheader and was pleasantly surprised to see my buddy Brando had shown up to…
Next Game: Game #26 Wed April 9 6pm Record: 17-8 vs Illinois College at Illinois Field, Champaign, IL Don’t mean to sound like a broken record but the weather is playing a factor in Illinois’ schedule again. Tonight’s game against Bradley was canceled and will not be made up. Illinois…
Yes, the weather is still playing a factor in Big Ten play. The Illini series will be delayed one day because of this. Due to heavy rains in Bloomington, Indiana, the four game set will begin with a Saturday game. There will be a Sunday doubleheader and finally a Monday…
Next Game: Game #15 Wed Mar 26, 3:30 pm CST Record: 8-6 vs Indiana State University at Illinois Field, Champaign, IL The weather has been playing havoc with the Illini’s schedule. Yesterday’s game against Indiana State was canceled so they are going to re-schedule for this afternoon at 3:30pm. The…
No word on the FightingIllini.com site which still headlines the Texas Tech series preview but according to the Texas Tech Athletics website, the Illinois series with them has been canceled due to bad weather in Chicago: Texas Tech’s weekend baseball series with the Illinois Fighting Illini has beeen cancelled due…
The Big Ten Network has the full Big Ten baseball schedule for the 2008 season. Penn State kicks off the Big Ten season this year as they have a Thursday game next week against High Point. Then on Friday, it’s game on as all ten teams play. For those not…
The 2008 schedule for the University of Illinois baseball team has been finalized. As for the non-conference part, some of the usual suspects are on there. The Illini will be playing in the Al Ogletree Classic to begin the season February 22. Some of the new teams on the schedule…
Ben Reeser coming off a lights-out summer, started for the Orange team. I stopped by the first game of University of Illinois’ Orange and Blue series. Stop by The Baseball Zealot photo gallery and see the photos I took. 2B Ryan Hastings takes third on a fly ball. If you want to…