This weekend brings the Michigan State Spartans to Champaign, Illinois. Looking at the weather forecast, Saturday may actually be a decent day for baseball… cloudy, maybe but warm and not wet. Friday and Sunday may be a different story, however. I’m still holding hope. I really do hope that we…
Yes, canceled not postponed. There just isn’t are enough dates to accommodate both teams. I wasn’t too surprised to hear this. It’s been rainy here in Champaign-Urbana all day. It wasn’t until 5:00 when the sun poked out. The good news (knock on wood) is that Wednesday looks nice and…
I have a friend named Todd who is an umpire in Division III back east. Whenever we get talking, the discussion always gets back to baseball and umpiring. He knows I’m an Illinois baseball fan so I like to pump him with questions. Sometimes they revolve around obscure rules and…
Corey Kimes is the scheduled Sunday starter this weekend Illinois travels to Ann Arbor this weekend to play Michigan. One note before I go on… the Friday game has been moved up to 3:05pm because of weather. Illinois’ offense will need to find their bats as they are currently haven’t…
Weather continues to be an issue with the Illinois baseball schedule. The Battle at Busch game tonight against Missouri has been postponed with no makeup scheduled yet. Also, the time of Wednesday’s game against the Illinois State Redbirds has been moved up to 3:05pm to take advantage of the warmer…
The Illini (including Adam Davis (left) and Brandon Hohl), were ready to play today We were all there today. The the fans (more than I thought would show up in this cold weather) were in the stands, players had gone through all their warm-ups, and announced starter John Anderson was…
Apparently it’s not all sunshine and warm weather in Florida. Like here in Central Illinois today, they are getting rain. So today’s 4pm matchup between Dartmouth and Illinois was cancelled. Since the Illini were going to play the Big Green for the second time on Wednesday anyway, today’s game has…
Hang up your down coat. Pack away your snow pants. You won’t need them this weekend. The Bradley series this coming weekend has been canceled due to the “forecasted below-average temperatures and current snow cover”. I doubt this series ever had a fleeting chance given our cold winter this year. …
It’s Monday, February 15, five days before the scheduled opening day at Illinois Field. Right now in Urbana, it’s 23 degrees and there are light flurries falling on the already packed snow. I’m not holding my breath for a game on Saturday but I’d love to see Mother Nature prove…
A snowy day against MSU in March ‘09 Fans and friends who had heard about Illinois baseball’s early home date of February 20 have been asking me about it. Typical questions are “Are they holding in inside?’”, “Is it a typo on the schedule?”, and “Are they crazy?”. Well, as…