There have been a few interviews uploaded to YouTube by Illini Productions and the UI Athletic Department since the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge last weekend. Of note, Big Ten Co-Freshman Pitcher of the Week John Kravetz gets interviewed since his win on Sunday and Coach Hartleb talks to analyst Brian…
The first win of the season is always nice but when it comes against a nationally ranked team, it makes it so much better. Such was the case on Sunday when the Illini defeated #27 St John’s at the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge in St Petersburg, Florida. Illinois came back…
Once again, it was a one-run game at the Big Ten/Big EAST Challenge tournament in St Petersburg, Florida and once again Illinois was on the losing end of the match. They lost to the Louisville Cardinals, 4-3 (boxscore). Other than that, there wasn’t much similar to Friday’s game with Notre…
Justin Parr: Four hits in 2012 season opener Well, if you want to find the silver lining in today’s 13-12 loss to Notre Dame at the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge in St Petersburg, Florida, it’s this: at least the Illini had no problems providing offensive support for starter Kevin Johnson. …
Will senior Willie Argo help his team to victory in 2012? As I say before every opening series, now it’s gets real. However in 2012, it REALLY gets real. With the announced 2012 schedule which is one of the toughest the Illinois baseball team has seen in a while,…
Looks like former Illini first baseman Mike Rohde was signed for his fifth season with the Gary Southshore RailCats. He played in all 100 games in 2011 and hit .293 with 63 rbis. Rohde (shown right, rounding the bases after hitting a homer for the Illini in 2007) continues to…
Fightingillini.com posted the second in their series of 2012 previews yesterday. This time around, they’re looking at the position players. Don’t miss the accompanying interview video of Coach Snider. Who among the position players are no longer on the team? Well in short, Adam Davis, Pete Cappetta, Casey McMurray, Matt…
Fightingillini.com is now just beginning to coming out with their annual previews of the baseball program. Part 1 was just posted today on pitching. It will be a very different pitching staff than what we saw go to Regionals in 2011. Overall, the team lost nine seniors plus three more…
Kyle Hudson was spotted chatting with News-Gazette reporter Jeff Huth so expect to see something in the local news soon about the former Illini outfielder. No doubt, Hudson has been busy talking to the media since he got picked up by the Rangers organization in late January. Not only that,…
The U of I Baseball program has unveiled the official poster for the 2012 season. If you can’t wait till opening home date to see it up close, they’ve uploaded here so you can take a gander. **** WCIA-News has an interesting story about a few undergraduate students working…