Wisconsin Woodchucks

Wisconsin Woodchucks

The Wisconsin Woodchucks are an American baseball team that plays in the Northwoods League, an NCAA summer baseball league. They play their home games at Athletic Park in Wausau, Wisconsin. The team was known as the Wausau Woodchucks 1994-98.

The team fills the void left by the Wausau Timbers of the Class A Midwest League, who relocated after the 1990 season to Geneva, Illinois, to become the Kane County Cougars.

The 'Chucks gained some star power for the 2007 season, as former Milwaukee Brewer and University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh product Jim Gantner manages the team. Gantner has been involved with the Brewers in various capacities since his retirement in 1992, including some coaching, but the Woodchucks job are his first managerial experience.

Gantner, a native Wisconsinite who owns a second home in Boulder Junction, is familiar with the Wausau area and [http://www.waow.com/Sports/index.php?ID=4716| had expressed interest] in coaching college-age players.

A number of major leaguers and other notables have worn a Woodchucks uniform:

* Dave Gassner, 1998 (Hortonville, Wisconsin, native, LHP with Minnesota Twins)
* Casey Janssen, 2001 (RHP, Toronto Blue Jays)
* Mark Lowe, 2002-03 (RHP, Seattle Mariners)
* Pat Neshek, 2000 (Madison, Wisconsin, native, relief pitcher with Twins)
* Wes Obermueller, 1995 (relief pitcher with Florida Marlins)
* Ned Yost Jr., 2003 (son of current Brewers manager Ned Yost)
* Steve Foster (baseball), 2003 (Bullpen Coach, with Florida Marlins)

References

* [http://www.waow.com/Sports/index.php?ID=4716 "Woodchucks Introduce Gantner as New Manager"] October 24 2006, Retrieved June 22 2007

External links

* [http://www.woodchucks.com/ Wisconsin Woodchucks] - official site
* [http://www.northwoodsleague.com Northwoods League] - official site


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