Zealot friend Brian D from Big Ten Hardball does his annual review of Big Ten baseball team and predicts Illinois to at least make the tournament in 2009. Brian’s bottom line?? Illinois will go as far as their pitching lets them. This team, like many of the recent Illini squads,…
Illinois freshman catcher Adam Davis was featured in an Inside Illinois article by Melissa Mitchell on University of Illinois athletes gaining "increased agility, dexterity through (a) dance class". Apparently, it’s a popular move by all the sports coaches at Illinois. The class they took was Dance 100 taught by Kate…
This bit of news came out before the holidays but is worth passing on. The 2009 Big Ten Tournament will be held at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio. Huntington Park is the home of the Yankees’ Triple-A team, the Columbus Clippers. The set dates for the tournament are May 20-23. …
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything about the Illini. But yesterday, news came out that six Illinois players have signed letters of intent. As of now, the 2009 class includes Christian Cummins of Harrisburg, Ill., Davis Hendrickson, of Macomb, Ill., Brandon Hohl, of Mokena, Ill., Kevin Johnson, of…
In the “not baseball-related” category, it’s Homecoming Weekend now at the University of Illinois. As tradition with our family, we attended Friday night’s Homecoming Parade. Lots of fun as usual. Some photos: Game time is at noon and it will be televised on ESPN. Go Illini! Whack the Gophers!
With the playoff game going on tonight, I had lot going on already but that didn’t stop me from dropping by Illinois Field after work and catching a few innings of today’s game of Orange and Blue Game World Series. The intra squad series of the University of Illinois baseball…
Next February, the Illini will compete in a tournament between the Big Ten and BIG EAST conferences. The inaugural BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge will take place February 20-22, 2009 and will be hosted by the St Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission. All teams of the Big Ten and BIG EAST will take…
I wandered onto the Illinois Field premises during practice on Wednesday and snapped a few shots. It had rained earlier in the day but conditions were ok for a few hours of field time. Say what you want about Illinois Field’s Field Turf, it does handle the rain pretty well.…
Today, the University of Illinois baseball team took the field at Illinois Field for the first time this semester for practice. So I took off work early and got some photos. It was a sunny, hot 92-93 degrees and just standing around was enough to work up a sweat. I…
Chris Robinson who was a catcher for the University of Illinois and played for Team Canada in this year’s Olympics, did a Q&A for the Chicago Tribune. I was a bit puzzled by the Trib’s last question though. Q: Cubs vs. Tigers, World Series. Who do you root for? Umm,…