Savannah Bananas

[imref]

In Cleveland, The Party Animals recreate an iconic scene from Major League:

https://x.com/ThePrtyAnimals/status/1823162732184572043

[OfftheBat]

Pretty cool and entertaining, but anyone else here hates the fact that the Bananas sold out Nats Park while the actual Nats aren't exactly having a good season, attendance-wise?

[imref]

Pretty cool and entertaining, but anyone else here hates the fact that the Bananas sold out Nats Park while the actual Nats aren't exactly having a good season, attendance-wise?

no more so than Springsteen or Green Day selling out the park. The Bananas are baseball-entertainment that is currently hot. We'll see how long it lasts.

FWIW, the last Harlem Globetrotters show I went to was at Eagle Bank Arena in front of a 50% of capacity crowd or so a few years ago.

I do think there are some elements that MLB could take from Banana Ball, most notably is the ability for a batter to steal first on a passed ball / wild pitch.

[OfftheBat]

no more so than Springsteen or Green Day selling out the park. The Bananas are baseball-entertainment that is currently hot. We'll see how long it lasts.

FWIW, the last Harlem Globetrotters show I went to was at Eagle Bank Arena in front of a 50% of capacity crowd or so a few years ago.

I do think there are some elements that MLB could take from Banana Ball, most notably is the ability for a batter to steal first on a passed ball / wild pitch.

Yeah but the difference between Springsteen/Green Day and the Bananas is that the Bananas are actually playing "baseball" (albeit a goofy form of baseball) ... that's what makes it painful when you compare the attendance, IMO.

[imref]

Yeah but the difference between Springsteen/Green Day and the Bananas is that the Bananas are actually playing "baseball" (albeit a goofy form of baseball) ... that's what makes it painful when you compare the attendance, IMO.

it's as much a baseball game as a Harlem Globetrotters game is a basketball game competing with the NBA.

[HalfSmokes]

it's as much a baseball game as a Harlem Globetrotters game is a basketball game competing with the NBA.

Do the globe trotters sell out? When we saw them, it was at Mason and the tickets where cheap (I think we paid about $100 for 4 seats three rows in)

[imref]

Do the globe trotters sell out? When we saw them, it was at Mason and the tickets where cheap (I think we paid about $100 for 4 seats three rows in)

I mentioned above i saw them about a year ago at Eagle Bank at GMU and it was about half full. I assume they sold out regularly in the days of Meadowlark Lemon.

The Bananas now have three teams, I assume they will add a fourth at some point. Maybe they turn it into an actual league at some point.

[Natsinpwc]

I mentioned above i saw them about a year ago at Eagle Bank at GMU and it was about half full. I assume they sold out regularly in the days of Meadowlark Lemon.

The Bananas now have three teams, I assume they will add a fourth at some point. Maybe they turn it into an actual league at some point.

There used to be two globetrotter teams touring.  Back in the day.

[HalfSmokes]

There used to be two globetrotter teams touring.  Back in the day.

I don’t know if there are multiple teams now, but about half of the rostered players were present at mason

[imref]

I don’t know if there are multiple teams now, but about half of the rostered players were present at mason

there were two teams last time i checked. Both tour as the globetrotters whereas there is only one Bananas team but two other teams that tour (Firefighters and Party Animals). They ran games earlier this year with the Party Animals playing the Firefighters.

[imref]

The Bananas were in Philly last night. Ryan Howard and Shane Victorino were pinch hitters. Joe Blanton and Jamie Moyer pitched.

[imref]

June 27-28, 2025 - a return to Nats park!

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Jesse just announced they are adding a fourth team and starting a league. Welcome the Texas tailgaters.

[wj73]

Savannah Banana 2025 tour ticket lottery open now. Closes November 1.


https://thesavannahbananas.com/

[imref]

Savannah Banana 2025 tour ticket lottery open now. Closes November 1.


https://thesavannahbananas.com/

signed up this morning.

[imref]

~65k to watch the Bananas at Raymond James Stadium tonight in Tampa.

[varoadking]

Dylan Crews strikes me as a guy who would be really good at Banana Ball...

[imref]

Taking full advantage of the pirate ship:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHSFkiMsfzk/?igsh=MWxoaDhpZXdsYWh4dA==

[wj73]

Got my notice today - I’ve been selected in the lottery for Bananas tix at Nats Park on 6/27 or 6/28. I don’t have my time slot yet. Actual sales to happen on April 29.

[imref]

Me and my son got selected as well.

[varoadking]

Got my notice today - I’ve been selected in the lottery for Bananas tix at Nats Park on 6/27 or 6/28. I don’t have my time slot yet. Actual sales to happen on April 29.

These cats have the right idea...make tickets affordable enough that there remains a high demand over time...as opposed to the Lerner's who don't care how many show up as long as they can milk them for every last cent.

[wj73]

Me and my son got selected as well.

 

[Natsinpwc]

These cats have the right idea...make tickets affordable enough that there remains a high demand over time...as opposed to the Lerner's who don't care how many show up as long as they can milk them for every last cent.

When you watch the Nats you laugh and cry.  That’s full entertainment. 

[Count Walewski]

My time slot is 11:00 AM on Tuesday, April 29. I can buy up to 5 tickets then, if any are still available. They have divided Nats Park up into 5 "zones" and you buy 1-5 tickets in a zone. Then you don't learn your actual seat assignments until a week before the game. Tickets range from $40 (uppermost parts of the upper deck) to $175 (PNC Diamond Club) each.

I have bought MLB Playoff tickets at two different ballparks during deep playoff runs and getting Bananas tickets is way more complicated than that.

[varoadking]

My time slot is 11:00 AM on Tuesday, April 29. I can buy up to 5 tickets then, if any are still available. They have divided Nats Park up into 5 "zones" and you buy 1-5 tickets in a zone. Then you don't learn your actual seat assignments until a week before the game. Tickets range from $40 (uppermost parts of the upper deck) to $175 (PNC Diamond Club) each.

I have bought MLB Playoff tickets at two different ballparks during deep playoff runs and getting Bananas tickets is way more complicated than that.

They rejected me for the second time now...their loss...I won't try again...