Music City Baseball likewise lists the former Cardinals, White Sox and Athletics manager Tony LaRussa as an advisor. Cy Young winners Barry Zito and R.A. Dickey have actually signed on, too. Another prominent music market advisor is country and pop vocalist Kane Brown.
Former Marlins and Red Sox executive Dave Dombrowski, who assisted bring World Series titles to each of those groups, also signed on. But including Timberlake to the mix is a huge offer for the movement, he told the Tennessean.
” [Timberlake] is someone thats world-known, substantial in the region and the area and the state,” he informed the outlet. “He supports baseball and all of the other things that we represent.”
Destiny could end up being MLBs very first majority Black-owned franchise, USA Today reported in July.
Music City Baseball, a group leading the push to bring the potential Nashville Stars into town, has actually persuaded Timberlake to join its effort, investing and backing the push, the Tennessean paper reported Wednesday morning.
” I am delighted to be associated with the motion to bring Major League Baseball to the great state of Tennessee,” Timberlake informed the outlet.
FORMER RED SOX EXECUTIVE JOINS GROUP DETERMINED TO BRING BASEBALL TO NASHVILLE
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Super star Tennessee native Justin Timberlake is backing an effort to bring Major League Baseball to Nashville.
Three-time World Series winner Dave Stewart, one of the few Black general managers in MLB history, is a board member. So is Bob Kendrick, the president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
Music City Baseball also notes the previous Cardinals, White Sox and Athletics manager Tony LaRussa as a consultant. Cy Young winners Barry Zito and R.A. Dickey have actually signed on, too. Another prominent music market consultant is country and pop singer Kane Brown.
Its not the first venture into baseball for Timberlake, who co-starred in the 2012 Clint Eastwood movie “Trouble with the Curve,” directed by Robert Lorenz. Nor is it his first push into sports: The Memphis native bought a little part of the NBAs Grizzlies in 2012.
Destiny name pays respects to former Negro League groups in the city, and the groups leaders have said they wish to make diversity a crucial focus, which is something that supposedly assisted attract Timberlakes support.
“He supports baseball and all of the other things that we stand for.”
The task could take a while. MCB authorities note that the big leagues have not added an expansion team in more than twenty years.
