The Oakland Ballers on Tuesday announced that the Pioneer League team would face off against the San Jose Giants next month in what is being billed as "a new chapter in the storied history of Bay Area baseball matchups.

The Battle of the Bay 2.0 at its core is a celebration of the Bay Area baseball fan and the history of baseball in this region,” said San Jose Giants President Ben Taylor. Pr

The San Jose Giants and the Oakland Ballers are starting a new Bay Area baseball rivalry in April when the minor league teams meet in San Jose.

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