After work today, I thought I’d bop on over to Illinois Field and see how the installation of the Field Turf was going. My place of work is only a couple blocks away so it’s convenient enough. So when work was done, I trekked over the cemetery that separates me from Illinois…
Now with the Orange and Blue series over and done with, construction is underway for installation of Field Turf. The Fighting Illini website has photos.
I dropped by the fourth game of the Orange and Blue series after work today. I ran into former Illini shortstop Shawn Roof at the game. I hadn’t seen Roof (shown above with junior Nathan Lawrence) since the Big Ten Tournament last spring so we caught up with each other. …
There’s been an interesting but probably not surprising development in the case to bring a minor league team to Champaign-Urbana. Among other points, investors are saying that the sale of beer would be critical to the financial success of the team. From the AP artcle via WBBM: “It is a…
Big news in the local sports section today… a group is in negotiations with the University of Illinois to get the use of Illinois Field for a minor league team. Very exciting news, indeed. From the News-Gazette: “We’re always interested in looking for new markets for a professional baseball franchise,”…
Today’s University of Illinois baseball game is being billed as “Dog Day Afternoon”. It says in part: Bring your dog to the park and receive free admission for yourself and your four-legged friend Yes, and don’t forget to bring your pooper scoopers. And I’m sure your dogs will behave just…