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Brookhaven Bucks To Be Honored By The City

The Sunbelt League franchise and its owner, Brad Dickison, are being given a proclamation on Tuesday night by the city council.

BROOKHAVEN, GA — Even though the Brookhaven Bucks were eliminated from the Sunbelt League playoffs with a loss to the Atlanta Crackers on Monday night, the team is still a winner in its hometown.

On Tuesday night, the team and owner Brad Dickison are being recognized with a proclamation that will be presented during the Brookhaven City Council meeting, beginning at 7 pm.

The Brookhaven Bucks are members of the Sunbelt Baseball League, a summer collegiate wooden-bat league with teams in Georgia (Alpharetta, Brookhaven, Carrollton, Marietta, Norcross, Lawrenceville) and Alabama (Phenix City). Bucks home games are played at Oglethorpe University.

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Six Bucks were named to the 2016 Sunbelt League All Star team.

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