The Savannah Banana's

[ToyfareMark]

These guys are great. They're trying to make baseball fun, and I salute them for it.

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

Oh I know them.....tickets are hard to get though

[BRV]

I have two gripes with them:

1. Prior to all the changes in MLB this spring, the Savannah Bananas pitched themselves as the fun alternative to the stodgy, old major leagues, by providing a fast-paced, high-energy brand of baseball. But the pace of the game comes to a screeching halt because they have to do a TikTok dance on the field every few minutes.

2. When everything is schtick, there can be times where the gimmick takes over and the crowd doesn't know when something real is happening. They are doing these constant Harlem Globetrotters routines every few minutes, so when something happens like 75-year-old Bill Lee suffering a cardiac episode on national television, the fans don't know if it's part of the show or to be taken seriously. In a way, it's like pro wrestling. But the Bananas should want to avoid that comparison, because are they legitimate competition or sports-entertainment?

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Mar 27, 2023 14:54:24 GMT -5 BRV said:

I have two gripes with them:

1. Prior to all the changes in MLB this spring, the Savannah Bananas pitched themselves as the fun alternative to the stodgy, old major leagues, by providing a fast-paced, high-energy brand of baseball. But the pace of the game comes to a screeching halt because they have to do a TikTok dance on the field every few minutes.

2. When everything is schtick, there can be times where the gimmick takes over and the crowd doesn't know when something real is happening. They are doing these constant Harlem Globetrotters routines every few minutes, so when something happens like 75-year-old Bill Lee suffering a cardiac episode on national television, the fans don't know if it's part of the show or to be taken seriously. In a way, it's like pro wrestling. But the Bananas should want to avoid that comparison, because are they legitimate competition or sports-entertainment?

Also, they regularly play against the Party Animals, and who are *they*?  Are they meant to be the Washington Generals; a team that tries to play fundamentals, but is constantly thwarted by the Bananas as part of an elaborate joke, or are they also part of the act as similar goofballs?

They also had a weird relationship with the Coastal Plain League (which they left) where they had a team there, but separate from the carnival act.

[Triangle Lancer]

I remember 1997 playing "NTN Buzztime", that national trivia game, and they asked us (polling) if we had season tickets to any teams.
Based in Fort Stewart, a Sargent I was friends with yelled "The Savannah Sand Gnats don't count!"

[unc40]

When I go to a baseball game I want to see a baseball game and if I want to see a circus then I will go to a circus. Good for these players and fans who seem to enjoy this sort of thing but it's not my cup of tea.

Sports aren't fun anymore blah, blah, blah. Athletes have more freedom than ever before to express themselves the problem is they take it overboard and either look stupid or act like obnoxious assholes. I have all the respect for the abilities of athletes and coaches but they are not very good at entertaining.

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

Apr 7, 2023 18:26:49 GMT -5 unc40 said:

When I go to a baseball game I want to see a baseball game and if I want to see a circus then I will go to a circus. Good for these players and fans who seem to enjoy this sort of thing but it's not my cup of tea.

Sports aren't fun anymore blah, blah, blah. Athletes have more freedom than ever before to express themselves the problem is they take it overboard and either look stupid or act like obnoxious assholes. I have all the respect for the abilities of athletes and coaches but they are not very good at entertaining.

I'm fine with it. I mean the Harlem Globetrotters exist for fun.

[Deleted]

The games got sold out before I even had a chance to get tickets. They're that big but I feel like the system is screwed up as far as getting tickets to their games that it was all up to chance.