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Russell Wilson, Ciara pledge long-term support to bring MLB to Portland: 'We're dedicated'

First, Russell Wilson and Ciara drew a crowd.

Then, Portland's newest baseball backers proclaimed they're in it for the long haul to draw a Major League Baseball team to the city.

Describing a deep love for the game and region, the husband and wife -- he the quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks, and she an internationally popular singer -- told a packed-house crowd Saturday that their decisions to become individual "investor/owners" in the Portland Diamond Project's MLB effort was a "no-brainer."

The pair have pledged to claim minority ownership stakes should Portland actually land a team.