News comes to us from the London (Ontario) Free Press about former Illini catcher Chris Robinson. Robbie, who is Ontario-born, is once again poised to help Team Canada in their bid in the World Baseball Classic. Robinson last played for the Illini during their championship season of 2005. Since then…
Coach Dan Hartleb announced the official 2012-2013 Illinois Baseball schedule earlier this week. You can find the schedule here at the FightingIllini.com website or download it pdf form. It’s a “competitive” schedule says Hartleb: “I am extremely excited about the quality of our 2013 schedule. We will be playing a…
With much hesitation, I changed the banner of IBR. I really liked the photo that was up there before (shown above). It wasn’t the sharpest image but boy, there was a lot of action and the expression on every guy’s face face is unique and priceless. And what’s with Corey…
College days: Lars Davis and Tanner Roark celebrate their win against Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament in 2007 Illini baseball fans might want to keep an eye on off-season pro league action this year. There are a couple former Illini playing this year. In the Arizona Fall League, 2007…
There was a nice feature article in the Daily Herald about Illinois walk-on pitcher Andrew Mamlic last week. Andrew is a right handed pitcher from Wheaton North high school. Andrew “has been clocked throwing his fastball 90mph and (has) an almost unhittable slider”, according to Herald reporter Dan Mamlic (hmm,…
Josh Ferry Will Krug One week after Brandon Hohl and Justin Parr received similar honors, we hear that two more Illini were named to their respective summer league’s All-Star team. This time it was Will Krug and Josh Ferry. Both are current sophomores and both were named to the Chicago…
Brandon Hohl Justin Parr A few congrats are in order. The Northwoods League just issued a few post-season awards and a few Illini were mentioned. First, among their 2012 ‘Finest in the Field’ honorees was thirdbaseman Brandon Hohl who played for Wisconsin Rapids this summer. His .973 fielding percentage was…
The Blue team defense got the runner out in a pickle that went something like 1-2-5-4. Glad I wasn’t the scorekeeper. Today was the last game of Illinois Baseball’s Orange and Blue World Series. Here are some of the photos I got today. The Starting Pitchers Sophomore righthander Josh Ferry…
A young fan watches freshman Adam Walton at the plate It was quite drizzly Tuesday afternoon for Game 2 of Illinois Baseball’s Orange and Blue World Series. So much so, I checked the Fighting Illini just to make sure the game wasn’t cancelled. It obviously wasn’t and it’s a good…
Brandon Hohl slides into home during Monday’s game Today was opening day for Illini baseball’s Orange and Blue World Series. It was cloudy but the temp was in the 60s and considering it was October in Illinois, definitely baseball weather. Honestly, this is much better weather than some of the…