| Savannah Bananas | |
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| Information | |
| League | Banana Ball Championship League |
| Location | Savannah, Georgia |
| Ballpark | Grayson Stadium |
| Founded | 2016 |
| League championships | 3 (2016, 2021, 2022) |
| Former league(s) | Coastal Plain League (2016–2022) |
| Colors | Navy blue, green, yellow, and white |
| Mascot | Split |
| Ownership | Fans First Entertainment (Jesse & Emily Cole) |
| Coach | Reginald Horton, Adam Virant |
| Manager | Tyler Gillum |
| Website | thesavannahbananas |
The Savannah Bananas are an exhibition barnstorming baseball team based in Savannah, Georgia.[1] The team was founded in 2016 and has played at Grayson Stadium since its inaugural season. Until 2022, the Bananas competed as a collegiate summer baseball team in the Coastal Plain League's (CPL) West division,[2] where they won three Petitt Cup championships (2016, 2021, and 2022).[1] However, after the growth of their alternate "Banana Ball" format, the team transitioned entirely to exhibition games against their partner touring teams, the Party Animals, the Firefighters, and the Texas Tailgaters, the newest and first non Savannah, Georgia based team, similar to the decades-long format of basketball's Harlem Globetrotters and their partner touring team, the Washington Generals.[3] The team has been featured by ESPN, The Wall Street Journal, CNN 10, and Sports Illustrated because of its sports entertainment and viral videos.[4][5]
- ^ a b Dominitz, Nathan. "Savannah Bananas fold collegiate team, focus on taking Banana Ball nationwide". Savannah Morning News. Archived from the original on August 21, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
- ^ "Savannah Bananas announce they will play Banana Ball year round". wtoc.com. August 24, 2022. Archived from the original on August 23, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
- ^ Palmer, Joseph (May 26, 2023). "'More than baseball': how the Savannah Bananas became the greatest show in sports". The Guardian. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
- ^ Heupel, Shannon (March 17, 2022). "Going Bananas! Two wild nights of 'the greatest show in baseball' coming to Montgomery". Montgomery Advertiser. Archived from the original on August 23, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ^ CNN 10: Inside Taiwan’s secretive microchip factory that powers the world economy [featuring second segment about the Bananas]. Retrieved April 1, 2024 – via www.youtube.com.