After work today (yes, I worked on a Saturday), I crossed the cemetery that separates the U of I campus and the baseball field and got another look at the nearly completed clubhouse addition at Illinois Field. While I was there, I shot some photos. As you can see, the…
Maybe it’s a little for this but Happy New Year! It has been a couple weeks since I posted and I do apologize for that. One month from yesterday, the Illini baseball team will be playing in their first game of the 2011 season. It’s hard to believe. I remind…
Willie Argo gets a hit in Game 2 of the 2009 Orange and Blue World Series I found out just today that the dates for the Orange and Blue World Series have been scheduled. The team plans to play on October 4-6. No times have been given but weekday O&B…
The clubhouse addition at Illinois Field is really taking shape now. Here are some photos from today. From across the street: A little closer: From the west side: …and from the southeast.
While I was out at Illinois Field today, I noticed they had made some discernable progress on the clubhouse renovation. There are now walls! Well, they’ve started on them, at least. Here’s a view from the southeast side: It gives us, and more importantly the players, a concrete…
I stopped by Illinois Field today after work to observe practice. The team was still in individual workouts so I’ll hold off on posting photos for the time being. Coach Snider tells me that full team practice will probably begin after Wednesday. The players look good. Specifically, Matt Dittman looks…
After work today, I trekked on over to Illinois Field to see how construction was going on the improvements on the Illinois players’ clubhouse. I took some photos while I was there too. The UI baseball program has come out with a press release on the construction. Here are some…
As promised, I stopped by Illinois Field today and got some shots of the construction work they are doing on the players’ facility on the northwest corner of the park. Since it was Saturday, there wasn’t anyone actually working there but you do get a sense of what’s happening. It…
I noticed on the way to work that construction work is beginning on the locker room facility on the northeast side of Illinois Field. Rumors have been flying that they were going to upgrade the facility this summer. My guess is that the players are excited about this. I’ve already…
Today was my first trip out to Illinois Field. The second I stepped outside the building I work, I heard the ping of the bats (yes, I work that close). I walked across the cemetery that separated me from the field and voila!, I was there. It’s been a good…