I expect this may draw a comment or two
Bob Nightengale @BNightengale 1h
The Nashville group is hoping to become the first #MLB team with African-American majority ownership. Former 20-game winner and GM Dave Stewart and Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa are part of the group, with Dave Dombrowski.
Bob Nightengale @BNightengale 1h
Dave Dombrowski, former GM of the #RedSox, is moving to Nashville and joining Music City Baseball, LLC, in an attempt to bring #MLB to Nashville. The city is hoping to land an expansion franchise or have an existing team relocate to Nashville.
Jon Heyman @JonHeyman 10m
In the current environment, MLB has no immediate plans to expand to Nashville or anywhere else, per a Major League source.
Honestly I still don't know a lot about who's leading the ownership effort for a Nashville MLB team, and quite frankly I've still barely taken it seriously. That's actually the first I've heard about it having African-American majority ownership.
Nashville still just doesn't seem like a true baseball town to me, but you never know. Plus, it seems like their only hopes of really getting a team would be convincing Oakland or Tampa Bay to move, and that doesn't seem likely at this point either.
I will say that's about the first time I've seen a national baseball writer do any reporting on it, though. Up until this point, it's only been the occasional blurb in the Tennessean.