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Meetings: 2nd Tuesday even numbered months

Events:
   
2025: 11 Feb, 8 Apr, 10 Jun, 12 Aug, 14 Oct, 9 Dec
  
 
Our venue is The Old Spaghetti Factory 12401 Folsom Blvd., Rancho Cordova, in the Nimbus Winery Mall. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Lunch is served at 11:45.
  

 

  
8 April: Play Ball!
  
     

Chris Townsend

VBL’s April 8 meeting will feature Chris Townsend, host and senior broadcast producer for Sacramento’s latest major league sports team, the West Sacramento Athletics.

Chris enters his seventh season of being responsible for creating and delivering multimedia A’s content across multiple platforms. He hosts the weekly talk show, A’s Cast Live, and the A’s pre-game and post-game shows on both TV and radio. When it comes to covering the A’s, Chris has done it all.

Our guest speaker joined the A’s after working for a number of local sports entities, including Oakland Raiders, 95.7 The Game, KNBR 680 and CSN Sports Bay Area. Chris has lived in the Bay Area for more than 25 years after attending San Jose State and playing baseball for the Spartans.

Chris’s baseball heritage goes back three generations. In 1947, his grandfather, Bob Elliott, was the first third baseman in baseball history to win the MVP. Elliott was a seven-time All-Star during his 15-year career. He also was the manager of the Kansas City Athletics in 1960.

The entire city is buzzing about the latest sports team to call our region its home. You definitely do not want to miss this meeting! Make your reservation today, and be sure to keep scrolling to Page 2 for all the details on our new venue.

 

 

 

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25 Mar. 2025
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