Senior infielder Adam Walton will be a key player for Illinois in 2016 With one more month before the college baseball season starts, more and more pundits and pollsters are weighing in on the 2016 campaign. Previews, pre-season polls and updates are crossing my news feed. The fact that everyone…
We’re a month a half away from opening day and the college pundits are already chiming in with their preseason thoughts. One thing is for sure, Illini pitcher Cody Sedlock is not a well-kept secret. He has landed #36 on Baseball America’s Top 100 Draft Prospects. That puts the junior…
Shawn Roof with the Illini circa April 2007 Big news for former Illini shortstop Shawn Roof! After one season as a hitting coach with the Indiana Hoosiers, Shawn has been signed as a coach for the Kane County Cougars! The Cougars are the class-A affiliate for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Infielder…
Hot off the presses! Illinois Baseball and the Illini Dugout Club have announced that former Dodger and Padre All-Star Steve Garvey will be the keynote speaker for the 2016 Illinois Baseball annual Hot Stove Banquet. The banquet sponsored by First Federal, will be held on January 23rd at the iHotel…
The Fighting Illini has done a couple “Year in Review” articles recently including a Top Ten @IlliniBaseball Tweets 2015 piece and a rather interesting The Year of Baseball in Illinois. I’ll do my part. Here are ten of my favorite photos from 2015. They may not be technically the best…
The headlines in last week’s Illinois baseball’s news feed had an ominous tone to it… While there is nothing other-worldly about new Illini baseball assistant coach Adam Christ (pronounced krist), he does bring with him some impressive credentials. Minnesota State assistant 2009-11, promoted to Associate Head Coach 2012-15 306-86…
Itch Jones honored this weekend This Fighting Illini announcement caught my eye today. This is Homecoming Weekend at the University of Illinois and the Varsity “I” Association is honoring seven people. Two of the 2015 honorees have been affiliated with the Illinois baseball program. The highest honor which goes to…
To be sure, it’s a good year to be an Illini baseball fan AND a Chicago Cubs fan. Both teams have exceeded expectations in 2015. On the night of the Chicago Cubs’ first 2015 playoff victory (with hopefully many more to come), here is a list of all University of…
The Orange Team gets bragging rights for a year. Hurwitz hit a 9th inning grand slam in Game 2 Congrats to the Orange team who battled back from an 0-1 deficit to win the last two games. Last night with the help of a Michael Hurwitz grand slam, they defeated…
Matt James and Luke Shilling both homered for the Blue Team Monday Illinois is taking the Orange and Blue World Series a whole lot more seriously this year. Complete with a PA announcer, a working scoreboard, at bat music and actual umps, it seems that the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics…