Saturday night, the large conference center at the iHotel in Champaign was filled to capacity with Illinois baseball fans there to meet the 2018 baseball players, hear former Yankee shortstop Bucky Dent and help raise some money. It’s an annual tradition called the Hot Stove Banquet which is sponsored…
One year after Goose Gossage spoke at the 2017 Illinois Baseball Hot Stove Banquet, another famous former Yankee will keynote at the annual banquet sponsored by the Dugout Club and the Illinois Baseball program. On January 20, 2018, Bucky Dent will headline the event at the iHotel in Champaign. A…
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…
Once a year, Illinois Baseball’s extended family gets together in one room to celebrate the team’s successes, to meet the whole team and to raise money for special projects for the program. Last Saturday night was the 2016 Illinois Baseball Hot Stove Banquet which is jointly sponsored by the Illini…
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…
Luke Stewart: from the Illini to the Huskies Now that the Hot Stove Banquet is over and done with, we can start focusing on the upcoming season which is two and half weeks away. But first, a few things to wrap up. First of all, on behalf of Illini baseball…
Fighting Illini Dugout Club president Jon Swenson, keynote speaker Hal Morris and Coach Dan Hartleb It was a sold out crowd and there was a of fun to be had at Saturday’s Illinois Baseball Hot Stove Banquet at Champaign’s iHotel. The Fighting Illini Dugout Club put on a spectacular production…
Hot off the presses! The Illini Dugout Club has just announced the items available during the live auction at the 2015 Illinois Baseball Hot Stove Banquet on Saturday. Get your checkbook ready! LIVE AUCTION Chicago Blackhawks Blue Line Suite Sunday, March 8 vs. Rangers at the United Center – Includes…
For those of you planning to go to the 2015 Illinois Baseball Hot Stove Banquet, I hope you already bought your tickets. Coach Dan Hartleb announced today that the event, with Hal Morris as keynote speaker has already been sold out. That’s pretty amazing and overall a positive sign. I’m…
As the University of Illinois campus is suffering its coldest day of the year, I can only look forward to the Illinois baseball season in (hopefully) warmer weather. It won’t be long though. In a little more than five weeks, the Illini will start their season in Beaumont, Texas at…