I have so missed watching Illinois baseball! It won’t be long however, before we get a glimpse of the brand new 2024-25 version of the Illini team. They are scheduled to play two games next week. Illinois will face off against the Great Lakes Canadians on September 26 at 6pm.…
On Tuesday, University of Illinois Athletic Director Josh Whitman announced that Coach Dan Hartleb’s contract was going to be extended for four more years. And why not? Hartleb, who is in his 18th year as head coach of Illinois has had tremendous success with the team. A quick look at…
Fighting Illini baseball announced the schedule for the 2023 season this week. Next season’s schedule consists of 48 games including 21 at home at Illinois Field. A few things of note… Season opener is February 17th at the Wake Forest Tournament Home opener is March 14th against Indiana State Big…
When we heard about the new Field Turf being laid out this summer, I thought about the previously-announced baseball training center and what the plans were for that. We hadn’t heard much about that recently. Sure enough, there was an announcement about that last week along with a architectural rendering…
The Illinois baseball fall season has now come to an end. With it, comes some needed staff changes to complete the coaching staff. Illinois baseball announced that former San Francisco Giants pitching coordinator Mark Allen will now be the pitching coach for the Illini. Not only does Coach Allen bring…
Last week, Illinois baseball announced that Assistant Coach Drew Dickinson has accepted a position as assistant coach for Virginia. I never saw Drew Dickinson pitch at Illinois Field. I started following Illinois baseball during their championship season of 2005 so I never had the pleasure. As I began to learn…
In addition to the changes in the newly-released roster, there is one change on the coaching side of Illinois Baseball in 2020. Illini right-handed pitcher Quinn Snarskis will be staying on and will serve as the student assistant coach. Snarskis will join head coach Dan Hartleb, assistant coaches Drew Dickinson…
Today, Illinois Baseball released the roster for the 2020 season! And boy, it’s a young team! The FightingIllini.com article gives a very detailed summary of the twelve freshman and six incoming transfers who are joining the best team in the Big Ten. One name that sticks out is Xavier Watson.…
Just a few days after the Fall 2019 schedule was released, Illinois baseball has announced the schedule for the 2020 season. In the fifteen years that I have been covering the team, this is the earliest I have seen the new season schedule released. Official announcement from FightingIllini.com Illinois’ season…
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…