BB: Midwest Region

[Brewers20]

Tim Jorgensen was the DIII National Player of the Year in 1995.  One of only four WIAC baseball players to earn that honor.  The others were Chris Delarvelle (1990, Osh), Vince Mancurso (2003, Osh) and Brady Endl (2004, WW).

You forgot about Steve Wizcek from UWSP.  He was awarded the honor as a DH in 2005. I've never seen a person that hot at the plate for a whole season, it seemed like every game was a multi-hit/multi-rbi game for him.  His final season line looked like this: .445 avg; 85 hits; 62 runs; 17 2B, 18 HR, 70 rbi's; & .817 slg.  It was unreal, especially when he had never been a regular starter before that year and never hit above .250 in a season.  He was, however,  plagued with some injuries in those years.

[BigPoppa]

Tim Jorgensen was the DIII National Player of the Year in 1995.  One of only four WIAC baseball players to earn that honor.  The others were Chris Delarvelle (1990, Osh), Vince Mancurso (2003, Osh) and Brady Endl (2004, WW).

You forgot about Steve Wizcek from UWSP.  He was awarded the honor as a DH in 2005. I've never seen a person that hot at the plate for a whole season, it seemed like every game was a multi-hit/multi-rbi game for him.  His final season line looked like this: .445 avg; 85 hits; 62 runs; 17 2B, 18 HR, 70 rbi's; & .817 slg.  It was unreal, especially when he had never been a regular starter before that year and never hit above .250 in a season.  He was, however,  plagued with some injuries in those years.

Numbers like that out of the blue make me think of juicing... at least at the Major League level Anyone remember Brady Anderson and his 51 HR season?

[BaseballFan]

Tim Jorgensen was the DIII National Player of the Year in 1995.  One of only four WIAC baseball players to earn that honor.  The others were Chris Delarvelle (1990, Osh), Vince Mancurso (2003, Osh) and Brady Endl (2004, WW).

You forgot about Steve Wizcek from UWSP.  He was awarded the honor as a DH in 2005. I've never seen a person that hot at the plate for a whole season, it seemed like every game was a multi-hit/multi-rbi game for him.  His final season line looked like this: .445 avg; 85 hits; 62 runs; 17 2B, 18 HR, 70 rbi's; & .817 slg.  It was unreal, especially when he had never been a regular starter before that year and never hit above .250 in a season.  He was, however,  plagued with some injuries in those years.

He also did get to hit between Ryan Jones (17hrs) and Chuck Brehm (14hrs)

2005 midwest regional in my opinion had 4 top 10 teams which rivals the 99' midwest regional.  If Scholastica doesnt upset Point in the opening round, Point may have been the world series champ.

[Brewers20]

Tim Jorgensen was the DIII National Player of the Year in 1995.  One of only four WIAC baseball players to earn that honor.  The others were Chris Delarvelle (1990, Osh), Vince Mancurso (2003, Osh) and Brady Endl (2004, WW).

You forgot about Steve Wizcek from UWSP.  He was awarded the honor as a DH in 2005. I've never seen a person that hot at the plate for a whole season, it seemed like every game was a multi-hit/multi-rbi game for him.  His final season line looked like this: .445 avg; 85 hits; 62 runs; 17 2B, 18 HR, 70 rbi's; & .817 slg.  It was unreal, especially when he had never been a regular starter before that year and never hit above .250 in a season.  He was, however,  plagued with some injuries in those years.

Numbers like that out of the blue make me think of juicing... at least at the Major League level.

Well if you would've seen Steve's physique that year you would definitely forget about the possibility of juicing.  He was about 6'2" 200 pounds, and was not a guy who liked the weight room all that much (not saying he didn't workout, but he wasn't a meat head).  I know Steve personally, and he was definitely not on roids that year.

[BigPoppa]

Point could absolutely mash that year. They rivaled the Oshkosh teams of mid-90s.

[Brewers20]

Tim Jorgensen was the DIII National Player of the Year in 1995.  One of only four WIAC baseball players to earn that honor.  The others were Chris Delarvelle (1990, Osh), Vince Mancurso (2003, Osh) and Brady Endl (2004, WW).

You forgot about Steve Wizcek from UWSP.  He was awarded the honor as a DH in 2005. I've never seen a person that hot at the plate for a whole season, it seemed like every game was a multi-hit/multi-rbi game for him.  His final season line looked like this: .445 avg; 85 hits; 62 runs; 17 2B, 18 HR, 70 rbi's; & .817 slg.  It was unreal, especially when he had never been a regular starter before that year and never hit above .250 in a season.  He was, however,  plagued with some injuries in those years.

He also did get to hit between Ryan Jones (17hrs) and Chuck Brehm (14hrs)

2005 midwest regional in my opinion had 4 top 10 teams which rivals the 99' midwest regional.  If Scholastica doesnt upset Point in the opening round, Point may have been the world series champ.

Good point, but if you see the numbers that year, are you really pitching around jones to get to Wizcek.  Wheech had better numbers than him the whole year.  I would say if anybody benefited from those three it would have been brehm, because when the pitchers got past jones and wizcek, they probably thought they could take a little off, and chucky usually made them pay the price.
And yes that year the midwest regional was insane, WW had one guy that Point couldn't touch and that was Greg Reinhard, if it wasn't for him, i believe SP would've been National Champs in '05.

[badgerwarhawk]

My bad, I missed Jorgensen in 1994.  He was a two time DIII National Player of the Year.  At least I got the number of them correct.

However the WIAC website does not indicate Wizcek was a National Player of the Year.  It does list him as a first team All-American in 2005 but not a NPOY.  I couldn't say if that is an oversight or not.  

The guy I remember being an absolute monster, a man among boys, was Mancurso.  Though I do not mean to imply that he used vitiam S or anything like that.   He was just a big guy who could crush a baseball.

[xyz123]

He also did get to hit between Ryan Jones (17hrs) and Chuck Brehm (14hrs)

2005 midwest regional in my opinion had 4 top 10 teams which rivals the 99' midwest regional.  If Scholastica doesnt upset Point in the opening round, Point may have been the world series champ.

You would know, you pitched that upset for CSS.

[cubs]

The guy I remember being an absolute monster, a man among boys, was Mancurso.  Though I do not mean to imply that he used vitiam S or anything like that.   He was just a big guy who could crush a baseball.

You are right!!!  He looked more like a football player than a baseball player....  He's probably the first guy I think of when I think of a guy with opposite field power.  I swear he hit more HR's to right/right center than he did to left field.

[Dagger]

mancuso was a total freak child.  he looked like a sasquatch out there in a baseball uniform playing with a bunch of children!  I once ran into the arms of that man in a bench clearing fight and then immediately turned and ran in the other direction  ...hours later I was able to change my underwear!

[cubs]

2005 midwest regional in my opinion had 4 top 10 teams which rivals the 99' midwest regional.  If Scholastica doesnt upset Point in the opening round, Point may have been the world series champ.

Geez...  Everytime i get close to forgetting the 1999 Regional someone brings it back up again!!!  

Nothing like having a great one-year rule for the WIAC to use wood bats, while their opponents are swinging the aluminum come post-season.

[cubs]

mancuso was a total freak child.  he looked like a sasquatch out there in a baseball uniform playing with a bunch of children!  I once ran into the arms of that man in a bench clearing fight and then immediately turned and ran in the other direction  ...hours later I was able to change my underwear!

Thanks for the good laugh!!!  I was literally picturing that in my head as I was reading it!  Hilarious!!!

[Dagger]

yeah, it's easy to laugh now...but that was not cool at the time! 

that's one of those things that your whole life you dream of clearing the benches, and then it happens and you pray, to whatever you pray to, that it never happens again! haha

[BigPoppa]

I was so excited to get out there for my first one and once I got there I looked for a place to hide.

[Brewers20]

Experiencing a bench clearing brawl myself last year at UWO,  I have to say that it was one of the biggest adrenaline rushes I've ever had.  Running in from centerfield and seeing it all develop was pretty crazy. 
I have seen Mancuso before in street clothes, and i can imagine what he looks like in a uniform.  I wouldn't want to run into him either if I was in a brawl.