A SHORT INTRODUCTION OF PHIL FRANCIS
CHARLES PHILIP FRANCIS, BETTER KNOW AS PHIL, WAS BORN IN ROCKWOOD, MICHIGAN 74 YEARS AGO. WHILE HE NEVER PLAYED BASEBALL BEYOND THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOTS AS A YOUNGSTER, HE HAS ALWAYS LOVED BASEBALL, AND BEGAN ATTENDING TIGER GAMES DURING THE DAYS OF GREENBERG, GEHRINGER, AND NEWHOUSER.
WORLD WAR II ENDED ON HIS 18TH BIRTHDAY, AND WAS IN THE ARMY FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS WITH MUCH OF THE TIME SPENT AT THE PENTAGON IN WASHINGTON. PHIL GRADUATED FROM MICHIGAN NORMAL COLLAGE, NOW EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, WITH A DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK. HE EVENTUALLY SWITCHED TO TEACHING, AN ACT HE SAYS HE NEVER REGRETTED.
BOTH
PHIL AND HIS WIFE, SHIRLEY ARE RETIRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, AND DAUGHTER,
JAYNE, AND GRANDDAUGHTER, CHRISTINA, TEACH AT LOWERY SCHOOL IN DEARBORN.
THEY HAVE A SON IN CALIFORNIA WHO IS AN ENGINEER FOR BOEING AIRCRAFT, AND
ANOTHER DAUGHTER WHO LIVES IN MINNESOTA AND AN AVID FOLLOWER OF THE TWINS.
BASEBALL
BECAME A BIG PART OF PHIL’S LIFE SOME 16 YEARS AGO, AND HE IS HERE TO TELL YOU
HOW BASEBALL BECAME HIS THERAPY.
HERE
IS PHIL FRANCIS WHO WILL TALK ON:
GOD,
BASEBALL, AND US