Wisconsin Woodchucks

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Wisconsin Woodchucks
Founded 1994
Ballpark Athletic Park
Based in Wausau, Wisconsin
Team Colors black, green, tan
League Northwoods League
Team Manager Jim Gantner
General manager Ryan Treu
Owner Clark Eckhoff

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 had expressed interest in coaching college-age players.

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

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