The Oakland Ballers have secured another celebrity investor ahead of its second season in May.  Emmy and Grammy Award-winning actor Blair Underwood is the newest member of the team’s ownership group,

The Oakland Ballers baseball team have added another A-lister to their already star-studded ownership group. On Thursday, Oakland’s newest professional sports franchise announced that actor Blair Underwood is joining the team’s ownership.

Last summer, the Oakland Ballers — a Pioneer League baseball team that played its inaugural season in 2024 — welcomed more than 2,200 fans into its ownership group through a community investment round that raised $1.

Last year, the Ballers launched a community investment round that led to over 2,200 fans investing in the team, which reached the fundraising goal of $1.234m in just nine days. Th