Illinois baseball travel north this Friday to face Minnesota Golden Gophers for a four-game set at the US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. A pessimist would point at the Illini’s 1-3 record. I prefer to look at it like this: Illinois has a chance to start a winning streak. With the…
Thank goodness for Cole Kirschsieper! Cole K pitched five scoreless innings in today’s shutout of Ohio State preventing a Buckeye sweep. The Buckeyes won the first three games down in Greenville, South Carolina before their offense ran out of gas. Despite the discrepancy in wins this weekend, the games were…
On Friday, Illinois baseball will take the field competitively for the first time in almost a year. It was after the Elon game on March 8 when everything shut down for the 2020 season. But it’s a new year and a new modified 44-game schedule. Assuming everything goes to plan,…
It is just a few quick minutes till the Hot Stove Fundraiser (click here to watch it) so this article will be quick. Here are a few photos of this weekend’s practice. They had beautiful weather suitable for any game. Time to for all of us to watch the Hot…
Just last week, I was wondering last week when this year’s baseball schedule would be released. Sure enough, Coach Hartleb announced at an online press conference the state of the 2021 Illinois baseball season. The good news is that schedule has been finalized pending last minute changes and of course,…
How the spring 2021 college baseball season will exactly shape up is still up in the air but for now, it is status quo with pre-season workouts at the Irwin Practice Facility. And yes, pre-season selections are on tap. On Thursday, Branden Comia and Ryan Hampe were both named to…
Even during these times, Illini baseball head coach Dan Hartleb and his crew have been busy. Recruitment never takes a back seat. It was announced on Wednesday that a total of eight national letters of intent (NLIs) were signed by high school athletes to play for the University of Illinois…
A few days ago, I noticed an “In Memoriam” tribute to former MLB pitcher Howie Judson who passed away on August 18th. The name rang a bell with me. Then it hit me. He was a former Illinois pitcher and his name adorns a plaque at Illinois Field. In fact,…
What a day to be at the ballpark! Yesterday, it was about perfect. I had been going through baseball withdrawal. Normally at this time, it would have been a few months without baseball but this year, I haven’t seen (or photographed) an Illini baseball game since the first home game.…
Joey Gerber is going up to the Show! The former Illini reliever was invited to Seattle’s 60-man training roster and is one of 22 invitees joining the team. He posted a very thoughtful Tweet today… Gerber played for the Illini from 2016 to 2018. Aside from multiple Academic Big Ten…