The MLB draft is now over. The annual draft which took place Sunday evening through Tuesday. It included 20 rounds plus a couple extra supplemental rounds. In all, 615 high school and college baseball players were picked by the thirty MLB organizations. Two of those players were from the Illinois…
The Lexington Regional is now complete and unfortunately, Illinois did not advance to the Super Regionals. They made a good showing of it making it to the semi-final game on Sunday but lost that game to Indiana State. Game 1: Illinois 4 Indiana 1 Ironically, Illinois won at the Lexington…
Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it. -Babe Ruth After a long winter, it’s so exciting that Illinois baseball is almost here! This weekend, Illinois baseball begins their 2024 season. Illinois will be participating in the Wake Forest Tournament in Winston-Salem,…
After an electric conference sweep last weekend, Illinois baseball looks forward to adding more to the ‘W’ column. They travel to Columbus to play the Ohio State Buckeyes. Before we talk more of the future, I would be remiss if I didn’t recap a little last weekend’s three-game sweep against…
This weekend, Illinois faces their first Big Ten weekend opponent. They travel to East Lansing as Michigan State hosts the Illini for three games over the weekend. Note that due to forecasted nippy temps on Sunday, that game will be played as part of a doubleheader on Friday. Saturday’s game…
Illinois baseball has an in-state weekend series starting tomorrow. They travel (just a little) south to visit the Southern Illinois Salukis. The Salukis are off to a good start in 2022. Not only are they 13-4 but they are 8-1 at home. Gametime Friday is 6pm. There’s a strong connection between…
In the mood for baseball this weekend? Stop by Illinois Field after work on Friday! Illinois will be taking on the UI-Springfield Prairie Stars. Game time is 4:30pm and right now, the forecast is sunny, sunny and sunny. This is an exhibition game and won’t count towards any official record.…
What a day to be at the ballpark! Yesterday, it was about perfect. I had been going through baseball withdrawal. Normally at this time, it would have been a few months without baseball but this year, I haven’t seen (or photographed) an Illini baseball game since the first home game.…