(KRON) — The Oakland Ballers baseball workforce have added one other A-lister to their already star-studded possession group. On Thursday, Oakland’s latest skilled sports activities franchise introduced that actor Blair Underwood is becoming a member of the workforce’s possession.
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“Emmy-winner, Grammy-winner, star of stage & screen and Social Impact Ambassador Blair Underwood is joining the Oakland Ballers ownership group,” the workforce introduced on X, previously Twitter Thursday. “The multi-hyphenate actor-writer-director-producer-author is now also a team owner!”
Whereas the Ballers would possibly play within the minor league Pioneer League, the workforce appears to be assembling a significant league possession group. Underwood, whose movie credit embrace “Rules of Engagement,” “Gattaca,” and “Just Cause,” joins Bay Space rap icon Too Brief and Inexperienced Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong as a partial proprietor of the franchise.
“I truly appreciate the social fabric of inclusion that the Oakland Ballers are promoting through their love of baseball,” mentioned Underwood.
The workforce, which lately held open tryouts forward of its second season, has put out a name to followers who need to put money into the workforce. The Ballers possession boasts of a novel possession mannequin that enable followers who make investments to have a say within the workforce’s path.
The Ballers will open their season in Might with a six-game homestand in opposition to the Ogden Raptors.
