The March meeting is at noon on Thursday, March 16, at the downtown Capital City Club.
Our speaker is baseball announcer and former star player Jeff Francoeur. Jeff was the Braves’ first-round pick of the 2002 draft while a senior at Parkview High School in Lilburn. The Braves called him up to the majors in mid-season 2005; he hit a home-run in his first major league game, was a candidate for rookie-of-the-year, and appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in August of that year.
Francoeur played four years for the Braves and continued on to a 12-year major league career. Today, he dazzles TV viewers with his knowledge of the game as a color analyst for Braves’ broadcasts.