Travis Kelce will join the ownership group of the Cleveland Guardians as a minority investor, he told ESPN on Wednesday. Kelce said he grew up watching Cleveland baseball and added, “I’m just a kid from the Heights living the dream,” according to ESPN.
The announcement revived a moment from 2023 when Kelce threw a ceremonial first pitch at a Guardians game. That throw landed in the grass roughly halfway to home plate.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes responded on social media by posting a clip of Kelce’s ill-fated 2023 pitch. The post accompanied Mahomes’ congratulations for Kelce’s investment in the team.
Kelce has maintained a public presence in Cleveland sports recently. He was seen courtside at Game 3 of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ series against the New York Knicks alongside his fiancée, Taylor Swift.
The minority ownership announcement and the resurfaced clip of the 2023 first pitch drew attention to Kelce’s long-standing connection to Cleveland baseball, a connection he cited when discussing the investment, according to ESPN.
