On Friday, January 27, local media gathered at the Atkins Baseball Training Center for annual Media Day. With much of the team present, we heard from fifth-year seniors Branden Comia and Cam McDonald as well as head coach Dan Hartleb. What were the overall themes I took away? “Depth” was…
It’s been six days since the announcement was made that the Illinois baseball spring 2020 season along with all Big Ten spring sports, has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To be sure, this has hit the team, the parents and the baseball program hard. Beyond just canceling games,…
On the heels of the announcement that they were chosen to place fourth in the Big Ten by Perfect Game, the Illinois Baseball team held Media Day on Friday afternoon. Local sports pundits heard from Coach Hartleb, Garrett Acton and others at the Irwin Practice Facility. Acton who chose to…
Illinois Baseball announced this week that the updated 2019 Illinois Baseball Record Book has been released! I always enjoy going through the Record Book and believe me, it takes a while. There is a lot of info packed in it. It’s a whopping 138 pages long! If it’s not in…
Local media showed up at the Irwin Indoor Football Practice Facility where the Illinois baseball team was taking practice on Friday. It was Media Day and both Coach Dan Hartleb and designated player spokesperson Anthony Drago (above) took some time to speak to the press. Coach Hartleb’s crew is…
Eight floors above the snow-covered football field of Memorial Stadium, there was talk of baseball over the lunch hour. Catcher Jason Goldstein, pitcher JD Nielsen, and head coach Dan Hartleb came to talk to the local sports media about the Illinois baseball program at the expansive media box atop of…
Luke Shilling raps a double in Game 1 of the O&B series last fall I didn’t know at last Saturday’s Hot Stove Banquet when I sat at the same table with Luke Shilling that he was going to be honored as the Preseason Big Ten Freshman of the Year as…
Hey everyone, keep an eye on the Fighting Illini Baseball website the next couple of days. They are doing a multimedia position-by-position preview for 2015. Yesterday, they took a look at the backstops Jason Goldstein and Kelly Norris-Jones. And today, we get a look at the infielders, David Kerian at…
Opening day is less than two weeks away and I can sense it. There’s more anticipation and press coverage to match. Fighting Illini Athletics posted this 2014 Illinois Highlight video. It’s simply a look back to last year’s 32-21 season with some great footage of the guys doing what…
Not wasting any time, newly hired assistant coach Spencer Allen was already giving interviews on the first day here on the University of Illinois campus. Courtesy of Illini Productions HD, here is Coach Allen’s first interview. There’s nothing too surprising in the content. As expected, Coach Allen does place an…