A couple of quick questions come from IBR reader Mark. He asks: What does the pitching staff look like for 2018? What is the projected rotation pre opening? Before I answer, I will say this… Nothing is sure when it comes to college baseball. I have asked Coach Hartleb similar…
Saturday night, the large conference center at the iHotel in Champaign was filled to capacity with Illinois baseball fans there to meet the 2018 baseball players, hear former Yankee shortstop Bucky Dent and help raise some money. It’s an annual tradition called the Hot Stove Banquet which is sponsored…
Illinois Baseball is gearing up for the new season. Not only is the annual Hot Stove Banquet coming up in a couple days but the Illinois Baseball Record Book is out now. Illini Athletics and Illini Media have collaborated again to put out the all-around comprehensive almanac on everything that…
Happy New Year! With 2018 already in its second week, here comes a new look for the Illinois Baseball Report! With a little over a month before the Illinois baseball season starts on February 16, it was time to update the overall look of IBR’s website. Go ahead and…
One year after Goose Gossage spoke at the 2017 Illinois Baseball Hot Stove Banquet, another famous former Yankee will keynote at the annual banquet sponsored by the Dugout Club and the Illinois Baseball program. On January 20, 2018, Bucky Dent will headline the event at the iHotel in Champaign. A…
It was hot day on Saturday with the temp reaching into the 90s. Unfortunately, the Indiana State Sycamores offense got hot early and the Illini couldn’t recover. The Illini were hurt by a Sycamore rally of eight runs in the second inning. Illinois still made it an interesting game,…
Last Saturday was our first official glance at the Illinois baseball team as they entered the short exhibition fall season. They hosted sister campus team of University of Illinois-Springfield Prairie Stars. If this was any indication, the new Illini know how to score. In the official nine inning game, the…
This week, Illinois Baseball has announced its 2018 schedule. If you take a look at the schedule on FightingIllini.com, you’ll notice something a little different in the schedule layout. The interns at the baseball program have added a quick note about each game, The season starts on February 16 against…
This week, Illinois baseball announced their roster for the 2018 spring season. We’ll be seeing a fair amount of returning starters from last year’s young team. That includes infielders Michael Massey and Ben Troike and outfielders Bren Spillane, Doran Turchin and Jack Yalowitz. Mark Skonieczny is back behind the plate…
Time was, the fall semester didn’t see much Illinois Baseball action outside of one intrasquad series. Sure, they held daily practice out on Illinois Field which culminated with the annual Orange and Blue World Series but that was about it. Seems that things are changing. This fall, in addition to…