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…
Time to have some fun, boys!! So this is it… the last series of the regular season. Illinois baseball will host fifth-place Iowa Hawkeyes at Illinois Field for an early weekend series which begins on Thursday at 6pm. An 8th place finish is necessary to move on so Illinois’ current…
Jack Yalowitz hits at a .347 pace After a critical series win against #24 Maryland last weekend, Illinois travels to New Brunswick, New Jersey to face the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Rutgers (17-28, 5-10 Big 10) currently inhabits twelfth place in the Big Ten two spots below Illinois. Illinois is…
Critical Massey: Trying for 15 games straight Illinois baseball is returning home after a lengthy eight-game road trip to attempt a Big Ten comeback. The Illini will be hosting first place Maryland (30-13, Big 10 13-5) this weekend at Illinois Field for three games. On a current 13-7 winning…
To think at the beginning of the season, I was unsure of Illinois’ situation at second base. With the departure of Michael Hurwitz last year and no heir apparent, it seemed like a hole that needed filling. Well, Michael Massey has filled that hole admirably. With six hits during Illinois’…