An upside of the YMBL Cardinal Classic tournament this weekend is that Illinois gets another chance against Gonzaga. A “do over”. For the players, they may even see it as “revenge”. Nothing seemed to go right for the Illini Friday afternoon in their 13-3 loss to Gonzaga. The offense seemed…
From Florida to Texas. This weekend, the Illini baseball team head down to Beaumont, Texas to participate in the YMBL Cardinal Classic. Our boys will be taking on the Gonzaga Bulldogs and the host Lamar Cardinals twice each (here are Lamar’s notes for the Classic). The combined records of both…
I’m sure we Illini baseball fans are not given in to schadenfreude. If we were, however, we would pleased to know that because of Illinois’ 9-4 defeat of St John’s on Sunday, the Red Storm have been knocked out of the national rankings. But I’m sure we don’t have that…
There have been a few interviews uploaded to YouTube by Illini Productions and the UI Athletic Department since the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge last weekend. Of note, Big Ten Co-Freshman Pitcher of the Week John Kravetz gets interviewed since his win on Sunday and Coach Hartleb talks to analyst Brian…
The first win of the season is always nice but when it comes against a nationally ranked team, it makes it so much better. Such was the case on Sunday when the Illini defeated #27 St John’s at the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge in St Petersburg, Florida. Illinois came back…
Once again, it was a one-run game at the Big Ten/Big EAST Challenge tournament in St Petersburg, Florida and once again Illinois was on the losing end of the match. They lost to the Louisville Cardinals, 4-3 (boxscore). Other than that, there wasn’t much similar to Friday’s game with Notre…
Justin Parr: Four hits in 2012 season opener Well, if you want to find the silver lining in today’s 13-12 loss to Notre Dame at the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge in St Petersburg, Florida, it’s this: at least the Illini had no problems providing offensive support for starter Kevin Johnson. …
Will senior Willie Argo help his team to victory in 2012? As I say before every opening series, now it’s gets real. However in 2012, it REALLY gets real. With the announced 2012 schedule which is one of the toughest the Illinois baseball team has seen in a while,…
Looks like former Illini first baseman Mike Rohde was signed for his fifth season with the Gary Southshore RailCats. He played in all 100 games in 2011 and hit .293 with 63 rbis. Rohde (shown right, rounding the bases after hitting a homer for the Illini in 2007) continues to…
Fightingillini.com posted the second in their series of 2012 previews yesterday. This time around, they’re looking at the position players. Don’t miss the accompanying interview video of Coach Snider. Who among the position players are no longer on the team? Well in short, Adam Davis, Pete Cappetta, Casey McMurray, Matt…