Nick Wilson

And so I went in the trial, crushed it, and then now we're here.

And it really means a lot to be a part of the Indianapolis Clowns.

It was honestly one of the teams I was eyeing to get drafted by.

My granddad was a Negro League player in Houston.

He wasn't a part of the Negro Leagues, but he was a part of a Negro League.

in Houston because there were so many different leagues that just tried to stay afloat.

So he was a part of them.

And so to be able to carry on a legacy that he fought so hard for and, you know, talking to both my granddads about how hard it was to grow up as a black man in America during the 1950s and 60s, it is truly a pleasure to be able to

do this at the level that we are and honor the guys that were doing it for just a couple of dollars a day.

So just be able to express this in front of a worldwide audience is truly amazing.

Yeah, and you know what?

The brand of the Clowns makes it pretty easy because that's what the Clowns were about whenever they were popular in the 1940s was they brought a side of baseball that people hadn't seen before.

They brought a side of showmanship that was, you know, like the Heartland Go Charters in a sense.

But they did it in such a fun way, and it brought people together.

And, you know, you fast forward to 2026,

80 years later, we're doing the exact same thing.

We are bringing a form of baseball that is fun, that is entertaining, that's competitive, and we're doing it in a way where people can have a fun time together and enjoy each other.

It's so amazing what the Clowns were doing because they were bringing crowds of black and white together, and they were interacting with people that you'd never see in ways that you'd never seen before.

They're out in the crowds popping firecrackers, interacting with fans, playing pranks,

And we're doing the exact same thing today.