The Savannah Bananas are a baseball team in Savannah Georgia founded in 2016. The team originally played in the Coastal Plain League which is a summer collegiate league. In 2018 the Bananas started playing exhibition games during their off season using newly created Banana Ball rules.
Rules of Banana Ball:
Full time Banana Ball officially began after the 2022 summer CPL season. Per the rules video above, Banana Ball is baseball with some tweaks! Banana Ball was created to make baseball faster, more entertaining and lots of fun.
This is Banana Ball:
The Savannah Bananas now play Banana Ball year-round. There are four teams that play Banana Ball: the Savannah Bananas, the Texas Tailgaters, the Firefighters and the Party Animals. Players are recruited and paid. MLB players have played with the Bananas including Jonny Gomes, Bill Lee, and Josh Reddick.
There are certainly comparisons to the Harlem Globetrotters and Washington Generals. However, Banana Ball games are completely unscripted. Games are competitive. The Bananas do not always win.
The Bananas play in the famous Grayson Stadium in Savannah.
They have 11M followers on their TikTok channel. MLB has 8.4M followers on their channel. The MLB team with the most TikTok followers is the LA Dodgers with 2.4M.
Here are some entertaining bullet points from the Savannah Banana’s web site:
- We play Banana Ball – the fastest and most entertaining game of baseball.
- Our players perform choreographed dances every game – Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen, Mariah Carey – You name it, they’ve danced to it.
- Our hitters walk-ups are legendary. Bananas may be escorted to the plate by the Banana Pep Band, walk down the yellow carpet wearing the finest Dolce and Banana, or they may even introduce themselves.
- We are known for our epic scoring celebrations. From running through the crowd to performing fully choreographed country line dances. When we score, you never know what will happen next.
- We have the Banana Nanas, a senior citizen dance team; the Man-Nana’s, our Dad Bod Cheerleading Squad; and the Banana Splitz, a youth dance team.
- We play in Historic Grayson Stadium, affectionately referred to as Bananaland.
- When you come to Bananaland, your experience is All-Inclusive. Our concessions in Savannah are All-You-Can-Eat hotdogs, hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, water, soda, popcorn and cookies.
- We gave the stadium back to the fans. Historic Grayson Stadium is the first ever Ad-Free ballpark.
- We serve our own Savannah Banana Beer, Banana Split Cream Soda, and specialty alcoholic drink, the Slippery Banana, in Bananaland.
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