Chris Wilson

USSSA Playing History

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Who are you playing with in 2012?
Dirty Sports/Miken/3N2

Why do you like the game of softball?
The competition and friendships I've made over the years.

Who is the best softball player you have ever seen play?
There are so many great ones you can't list just one.  The 2 best all around players in todays game in my opinion are Bryson Baker and Brian Wegman.  Jason Kendrick is a guy I would tell young players to model themselves after (great teammate, super intense and refuses to lose even in a local backyard tourney).   Todd Martin and Doug Roberson are also a couple of guys I grew up watching that were great.

Who is the best up and coming player in softball and why?
Andrew Collins - Guy is 24 yrs old and wise beyond his years in softball. And he kills it.
Steven Lloyd - Cause he's got more talent in his pinky toe then I'll ever have.  He has all the tools if he decides he wants to play at this level.

What is your nickname in softball?
C-Dub or Willie

What is your height and weight?
5"11 185lbs

Where do you call home?
Jupiter, Florida

What's your favorite way to spend an off weekend?
With my wife and 5 year old son.  Helping coach my son's T-Ball team and taking him to the BMX track.

What do you do for a living?
Private Investigator

Did you play sports in High School / College / Pro?
Played baseball and basketball in high school.

How did you get your start in softball and how did you get to the upper level?
Alan Tanner asked me to go to Seattle to play with Winzer/Aftershock/Easton in 2001.  I played the rest of the season with them that year and played with AH/TPS out of Ohio the next season.  In 2009 Pete Campbell asked me to play with AJS/Easton and been playing in the conference ever since.

What was the best advice you were ever given?
Never stop improving.  As a player or as a person.

What advice can you give a young player trying to break into the upper level?
Up 20 or down 20 play like its a one run game.  You never know who is watching and might give you the chance to move up and play.

What position do you play?
OF

What batting grip do you use?
Overlap w/ pinky over the knob

What ounce bat do you use?
26 Supermax

What do you do in the offseason to prepare for the next softball season?
Lift weights and hit.  There isn't much of an off season here in Florida.

What is your favorite sports team?
Washington Redskins

What is your favorite sport other than softball?
Football to watch and golf to play

Do you have any superstitions and if so, what are they?
Way too many to list.  I am actually is borderline OCD.

What is your most memorable softball moment?
Winning the 2005 ISA Worlds.  A good friend of mine hit a 3 run walkoff HR in the if game and retired on the spot.  Good way to see him go out.

What would be your "at bat" music selection?
Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne

What is the best improvement upper level softball could make?
Aluminum, Aluminum, Aluminum with rolled end caps (Powerdome Style) !!  Problem with that is you would lose half the teams in the country.  But would save USSSA a lot of money in garbage cans !!!

What is your favorite non-World tournament?
Smokys

What is the best softball field you have played at and why?
Disney but any of the field of dreams complexes are a close 2nd

Where is the best place to eat on the road after a game?
Outback

What is the funniest thing you have ever seen on a softball field?
The video the guy made of the fight between Steve Wilson (no relation) and Dancing Bear in Cincy the year I played with the Scene was priceless !!
 

That was this video, too bad I didn't have the video working a little sooner!

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Tempers flared when a middle war broke out in the Albicocco vs MidwestCoast game. The Dancing Bear was egging on the Albicocco team who blasted 3 consecutive shots up the box. On the third shot the Bear shot back and threw the ball at the runner (I think it was Steve Wilson) and hit him clearing the benches and ending the game.