Crash Davis Brings Baseball To Zion

By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Feb 4, 2009 9:20PM

A new minor league baseball team will begin playing in Zion come 2010 and their co-owner will be actor Kevin Costner. Costner's partner is Schaumburg Flyers co-owner Rich Ehrenreich, who called Costner a "primary owner" and added, "He owns enough to coach third base but not enough to play it." The team will be the first professional sports team in Lake County and will play in a new to-be-built, $17 million stadium, but all involved promise tax dollars won't be used to build it. In his own statement, Costner said, "I've seen many opportunities over the years to be involved in baseball projects but this one is really special. The location, the people involved and the chance to offer families in Zion and the surrounding communities a quaint and affordable setting for minor league baseball means everything."