NORMAL – The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, were victorious in a back-and-forth home opener, 7-6 over the Windy City ThunderBolts on Tuesday night at the Corn Crib.…
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By Tom Jackson
Cap Geek
Couldn’t resist continuing the May Days of Rays, offering up the first Tampa Bay Devil Rays cap I ever owned — the very one they…
Redbirds drop series finale to Creighton | GoRedbirds.com
Normal, Ill. – Despite a two-run homer by Brock Stewart which forced extra innings, Creighton scored five-unanswered runs in the 11th frame to beat Illinois State, 9-4, Sunday afternoon at…
Daily Geek-Out: Inaugural Season TB-logo Cap
By Tom Jackson
Cap Geek
Catching up with the Geek-Outs, here’s my Sunday edition! And I’m keeping up with the May Days of Rays — although I admit I started…
Heartland gets swept by Blackhawk College in Saturday DH
The Heartland Hawks experienced something on Saturday that this group is not used to. Blackhawk College came to town and swept both ends of Saturday’s doubleheader, holding Heartland scoreless, 3-0…
Savas pitches ‘Birds to record 12th straight | GoRedbirds.com
NORMAL, Ill. – Dan Savas fired eight scoreless innings as Illinois State (31-16, 11-3 MVC) blanked Creighton (24-13, 8-6 MVC), 6-0, Saturday afternoon at Duffy Bass Field. The victory is…
Daily Geek-Out: Piniella-era Rays
By Tom Jackson
Cap Geek
First of all, this is Saturday’s Geek-Out — sorry for the delay, as I had a family gathering out of town. I’ll get this posted,…
Razo goes distance in Redbird victory | GoRedbirds.com
NORMAL, Ill. – Under overcast, rainy skies the Illinois State Redbirds (30-16, 10-3 MVC) maintained its first-place conference standing, rolling past Missouri Valley Conference foe Creighton (24-12, 8-5 MVC), 9-2,…
Daily Geek-Out: 2010 plaid Rays game cap
By Tom Jackson
Cap Geek
Couldn’t resist continuing with the Rays and their bizarre cap/apparel selections in the Joe Maddon era. The cap I have here is the plaid-billed cap…
Cornball: Diamond Chatter with Tom and Jack, episode 77 (audio)
Chillin’ With Zac and Raz
Tom is back and feeling great. Jack is still here and fairly mediocre. Sitting in with the boys today are two Illinois State Redbird baseball…
Daily Geek-Out: 2012 Rays “1979 Faux-back”
By Tom Jackson
Cap Geek
Speaking of fictitious ballcaps….
One of the teams I really like is the Tampa Bay Rays. Many reasons for that. First, it’s in the area…
Heartland Baseball Update: Week of April 29, 2013 (audio)
Randy Gerrans sits down with Heartland Community College head baseball coach Nate Metzger to catch up on two weeks of games during which the Hawks went 7-3.
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Long Road Ahead: Kenny Long’s Pro Journey
Inland Empire Strikes Back
Contributed by Kenny Long
May 1
It has been a little bit more difficult updated as frequently since I moved up. With the constant travel and…
Heilenback nearly perfect in Redbird win | GoRedbirds.com
NORMAL, Ill. – Freshman starter Steve Heilenbach was three outs away from a perfect game in his first collegiate start and fired a shutout as Illinois State (29-16, 9-3 MVC)…
Daily Geek-Out: Mudville Nine
By Tom Jackson
Cap Geek
I love wearing caps of fictitious teams — one look at my (still growing) collection of New York Knights caps (from the Bernard Malamud book…
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Daily Geek-Out: Clemens Jays cap
By Tom Jackson
Cap Geek
Now, THIS is the cap Roger Clemens wore while playing for the Jays. I even have photographic proof. And the reason I call this cap…
Daily Geek-Out: Jays (ex-) affiliate Las Vegas Area 51s
By Tom Jackson
Cap Geek
OK, I admit it: This is NOT a Toronto Blue Jays cap — but my whole reason for buying it was because of the Blue…
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Redbirds dominate Valley awards | MVCsports.com
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Bradley outfield Mike Tauchman and Redbirds’ ace Chris Razo highlight the 2013 MVC all-conference baseball teams, being tabbed Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively. Illinois…
Heartland takes Region 24 crown
by CornbeltBaseball.com staff
It appears that someone has figured out the perfect pre-game meal or else assistant coach Ryan Knox has delivered a Lou Holtz-like motivational speech. Whatever it was,…
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Cornball: Diamond Chatter with Tom and Jack, episode 78 (audio)
Dan Blewett and the Warbird Training Academy
Tom and Jack sit down with former Normal CornBelter and owner of the Warbird Training Academy, Dan Blewett. Dan is about 10 months…
