Just a few more fun photos I took at last night’s Fighting Illini Baseball Hot Stove Banquet. Photo op before the event. From left to right, Dugout Club President Jon Swenson, Chris Robinson and Coach Dan Hartleb. Former Illini Chris Robinson and Kyle Hudson greet each other at the…
It was a snowy Saturday afternoon but that didn’t keep throngs of Illinois Baseball fans from packing the Conference Center at the I Hotel in Champaign for the 2014 Fighting Illini Hot Stove Banquet. The room was full of excitement and fun. Former Illini catcher Chris Robinson was the keynote…
Illinois players have now begun summer ball. Not surprisingly, a sizable fraction of them are headed north to the Northwoods League. Seven of the 23 Illini players playing in leagues this summer are representing teams in the NWL. In total, Illini players will be playing at nine separate summer leagues…
John Kravetz’ win extends the Illini’s stay in Minneapolis With their backs up against the wall at the Big Ten Tournament, Illinois (34-17) came through. Like yesterday, it was a tight, 3-2 ballgame but this time, Illinois came up on top. They defeated Michigan (29-27) who are already eliminated from…
Drasen Johnson gets the ‘W’ in Illinois’ clinching victory Illinois Baseball dropped their last game of the regular season to Minnesota but they still had plenty to be happy about. With Friday’s 4-3 win over the Golden Gophers, the Orange and Blue will be advancing to the Big Ten Tournament…
Kevin Duchene will take the mound vs Minnesota on Thursday This weekend, Illinois heads north to Minneapolis to finish out the regular season against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. While both teams both have 12 conference wins, the Gophers (12-6, 29-18 overall) have three less losses than Illinois (12-9, 31-15 overall)…
Celebration after Saturday’s win! Illinois got the job done this weekend! A three-game sweep is what the team needed against the Penn State Nittany Lions and that’s what they got. With an 8-6 win on Saturday and a comeback 5-4 victory on Sunday, the Illini improve their conference record…
Kevin Duchene and Ryan Castellanos both getting turns on the mound Penn State will be coming to Illinois Field this weekend for Illinois’ last home stand of the 2013 season. The Illini (28-15, 9-9 Big Ten) hope to add a few wins against the last place Nittany Lions (12-31,…
Kevin Duchene gets the start on Saturday against the Spartans Illinois travels to East Lansing this weekend to take on the Michigan State Spartans. The series takes on special meaning as the Spartans (24-13, 7-5 Big Ten) reside one spot above Illinois in the conference standings. A series win…
26 games in a row: Justin Parr’s infield hit to short breaks the record. Just as the game between the Illini and the Northwestern Wildcats began on Saturday afternoon, it began to rain. It was a little mist at first but a steady rain soon followed. The bad weather didn’t…