Last night, the Illinois baseball program celebrated at its annual Hot Stove Banquet. Sponsored by the Illini Baseball program and the Illinois Baseball Dugout Club, the Hot Stove is held every year in the offseason. Fans at the banquet were treated to a terrifically uncompromising speech by Hall of Fame…
I know Dan Hartleb has always placed a high priority on academics during his reign as head coach of the Illinois baseball team. According to data released by the NCAA today, it can be shown that this isn’t all talk. Illinois baseball is one of seven Illini athletic programs that…
Coach Dan Hartleb and his crew have been busy since the Orange and Blue World Series. FightingIllini.com reports today that three high school seniors and one JC sophomore have signed National Letters of Intent to play for the Illinois baseball team. All four will eligible to play in the 2017-2018…
I was looking up at the banner of Illinois Baseball Report a few weeks back and noticed it was about time to change it. Three of the players, Jason Goldstein, Adam Walton and Cody Sedlock, have gone on to bigger and better things. And while I liked Coach Hartleb’s…
My friend Robin gifted me a pretty nifty piece of Illinois Baseball memorabilia. It is an unperforated set of baseball cards of the 1993 Illinois baseball team. Wow! Lots of history here. Starting with the head coach, Itch Jones who still ranks 28th all-time with 1,242 wins. And guess who…
Cody Sedlock lets one go during last Friday’s game Coming off a big 2-1 series win off Ohio State, Illinois (20-17, 6-6 Big Ten) hosts the Minnesota Golden Gophers (25-12, 9-2 Big Ten) for three games at Illinois Field. Both teams have done well lately winning eight of their last…
J.D. Nielsen effective out of the pen with a 1.74 ERA You could almost say that Illinois baseball (6-7) is going to the dogs. This weekend the Illini will face the Huskies of Northern Illinois and the Salukis of Southern Illinois. The good guys are traveling to Carbondale, Illinois for…
CF Doran Turchin: 8 for 18 and two homers for the weekend Well, it looks like Illinois baseball (6-7)still has a few kinks to work out. A week after they swept the Stetson Invitational, they were swept four games straight themselves at the Coastal Carolina Invitational in Conway, South Carolina. …
Eight floors above the snow-covered football field of Memorial Stadium, there was talk of baseball over the lunch hour. Catcher Jason Goldstein, pitcher JD Nielsen, and head coach Dan Hartleb came to talk to the local sports media about the Illinois baseball program at the expansive media box atop of…
Luke Shilling raps a double in Game 1 of the O&B series last fall I didn’t know at last Saturday’s Hot Stove Banquet when I sat at the same table with Luke Shilling that he was going to be honored as the Preseason Big Ten Freshman of the Year as…