http://illinihq.com/news/baseball Latest Illini sports stories for IlliniHQ.com en-us Copyright 2009, The News-Gazette, Inc. http://illinihq.com/news/rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:48:42 PST <p><strong>News you can't leave work without:</strong></p> <p>Cubs rookie pitcher Randy Wells grew up an Illinois fan. On Feb. 6, the Belleville native will be surrounded by orange and blue as the marquee speaker at UI baseball's annual Hot Stove Banquet in C-U.</p> http://illinihq.com/news/baseball/2009/11/03/5_oclock_shadow_randy_wells_coming_to_c-u/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:00:00 CST <p>The Philadelphia Phillies. That's what former Illini Darrin Fletcher is thinking. The pride of Oakwood High School, who played for the Phillies during a 14-year major league career, weighed in on the World Series, which starts Wednesday night:</p> http://illinihq.com/news/baseball/2009/10/28/fletcher_phillies_in_7/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:00:00 CST