According to multiple reports, former All-Star pitcher and three-time World Series champion Dave Stewart is leading a group seeking to obtain a Major League Baseball franchise in Nashville, Tennessee, that would be the first majority minority-owned team in major league history.
In an article on ESPN.com. "Music City Baseball appointed Stewart to lead its diverse equity ownership initiative designed to land a big-league team for baseball's next round of expansion, likely [within] the next three to five years, according to both Stewart and MLB sources. Expansion is a priority for baseball, which hasn't added teams in nearly a quarter-century, when Arizona and Tampa Bay joined in 1998. Before MLB can expand, however, commissioner Rob Manfred has stated that it must first resolve stadium issues in Oakland and Tampa Bay. Neither city has long-term stadium commitments in their respective cities. Tampa Bay once pursued a joint Montreal-Tampa Bay solution that was rejected by Manfred, while A's owner John Fisher has made a public bid to attempt to relocate to Las Vegas while pursuing a new ballpark in Oakland."
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