It looks like Illini catcher Kelly Norris-Jones will be playing close to home for the summer of ‘14. It was announced yesterday that Norris-Jones was among the first three signings by the Victoria (BC) HarbourCats. The HarbourCats play in the West Coast League. Of the three recent signings by the…
Wow, this is exciting news! Former Illini and current San Diego Padres catcher Chris Robinson is coming back to his alma mater to speak at the annual Hot Stove Banquet. Held on January 18th and jointly sponsored by the Illinois Baseball program and The Dugout Club, the Hot Stove Banquet…
The Cardinals’ Class A affiliate Peoria Chiefs are holding an online auction to benefit those affected by the recent tornado damage in Central Illinois. "The response on the auction front has been outstanding," said Chiefs director of media relations and baseball operations Nathan Baliva. Items up for auction range from…
Today, the new Kenosha team in the Northwoods League unveiled their logo and name. They will be called the Kingfish and you can find them at their new website at http://www.kingfishbaseball.com/. From the Northwoods League website: A new era of baseball will begin at a renovated Simmons Field on May…
J.D. Nielsen Zack Kolakowski Illini Zack Kolakowski and J.D. Nielsen are making history of sorts. According to the Kenosha News, they’ll be the very first players signed to the new Northwoods League team based in Kenosha, Wisconsin. J.D. Nielsen and Zack Kolakowski made a little Kenosha baseball history on Thursday…
Wednesday, Coach Dan Hartleb announced that he has signed three high school players to a letter of intent to play at the University of Illinois. Here’s a quick summary of the three recruits. Zach Barnhart, MIF 5-10 / 150 / R/R / Springfield, Ill. / Springfield HS One name should…
Seeing as it’s October, it was about time to change the Illinois Baseball Report banner that you see at the top of the page. From left to right, you’ll see infielder Michael Hurwitz, starting pitcher Kevin Duchene, outfielder Will Krug, firstbaseman David Kerian, and infielder/pitcher Reid Roper. And for posterity’s…
Last week, the Big Ten has updated their Record Book. For those who have not perused the Record Book, it’s a plethora of sports information such as yearly standings, yearly statistical team and individual records, awards, and 2013 Year in Review. It’s really quite thorough in its treatment in all…
Casey Fletcher relaxes near the dugout innings before he hits his walk-off homerun FightingIllini.com posted their wrap up of this week’s annual Orange and Blue World Series. It’s complete with some highlights proving that at least someone was keeping score for the three games. The Blue Team won the first…
Casey Fletcher goes yard to win it for the Orange Team… …giving them something to finally cheer about this week I have to hand it to the Orange Team. They were outplayed for two and half games this week but they really know how to cap off the Orange and…