Everything I say…
by Jack Warren, CornbeltBaseball.com editor
The announcers for the ESPN3 coverage of the Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament noted during one of their games how rosters in…
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.
Subscribe to this…
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…
Redbirds top Titans in crosstown classic | GoRedbirds.com
NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State baseball team scored runs in six of innings against cross-town foe Illinois Wesleyan Tuesday, as the Redbirds (28-16) pummeled the Titans (26-8) by a…
Daily Geek-Out: M&N 1961 Los Angeles Angels
By Tom Jackson
Cap Geek
Aha, the Los Angeles Angels, from back when they were FIRST called the Los Angeles Angels….
This one oughtta look familiar — virtually identical in…
Heartland tops Parkland to take series
The Heartland Community College baseball team had to wait an extra day to finish their series with #17 Parkland College, but took full advantage of the extra day on their…
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CornBelters lose to Windy City, 5-1
NORMAL – The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, never led and lost 5-1 to the Windy City ThunderBolts on Thursday night at the Corn Crib.
The ThunderBolts struck…
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Redbirds advance to the MVC title game | GoRedbirds.com
NORMAL, Ill. – For the third time in program history, the Illinois State baseball team is headed to the championship game of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament after the Redbirds…
IWU’s Johnson named third team All-American | IWUsports.com
BLOOMINGTON, Ill.- Illinois Wesleyan junior pitcher Jeff Johnson has been chosen to the third team of the 2013 D3baseball.com NCAA Division III All-American team.
The right-handed pitcher, who was earlier…
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Kingston mines the state of Illinois for Redbird riches
Everything I say…
by Jack Warren, CornbeltBaseball.com editor
The announcers for the ESPN3 coverage of the Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament noted during one of their games how rosters in…
Long Road Ahead: Kenny Long’s Pro Journey
Shout out to the Redbirds!
Submitted by Kenny Long
May 22
This last road trip for me is a few games for me to forget. I had struggled for the…
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Cornball: Diamond Chatter with Tom and Jack, episode 79 (podcast)
CornBelters Preview: Too short to be Corny
Stopping in at Boo Boo’s this week representing the CornBelters’ front office is General Manager Kyle Kreger and Public Relations coordinator Ellen Balbac.…
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