Banana Ball in Neyland/ May 23

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BigOrangeCrush32 said:
get off my lawn


you don't know what you're missing. it is an absolute fun time and they are really damn good baseball players actually. I saw them down here in Jacksonville at the Jumbo Shrimp stadium and it was great.
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If they were good baseball players they’d be playing , you know, baseball…mostly single A rejects
 
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GAVol said:
Yeah… I don’t quite get it either, but obviously it works for them. Everybody that I know who has seen it live says it’s a good show.
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It's not my cup of tea but it's also not baseball. If you go in hoping to see Tarik Skubal or Spencer Strider throw a no-hitter, yeah you are going to have a bad time.
 
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I don't have a lot of interest in the Bananas but kids are really drawn to them. I went to Denver this year for a wedding and the Bananas were in town. The hotel was filled with families in town for them. Probably the biggest crowd in that ballpark this year, given the historic futility of the Rockies.
 
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sonofUT62 said:
You couldn’t bat .200 if they told you every pitch that was coming. Scripted or not it still requires ability.
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Theres a recent BaseVol player on the team too. I saw him jack a homerun on TV recently. He played on the 22 team IIRC. Its fun for kids and honestly better than network TV IMO. The players are talented D1/minor league level players.
 
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zjcvols said:
It's not my cup of tea but it's also not baseball. If you go in hoping to see Tarik Skubal or Spencer Strider throw a no-hitter, yeah you are going to have a bad time.
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Honestly, it’s the same thought I had about the Globetrotters. Then I got drug to a Globetrotters game and it was a great show.
 
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kobeevans15 said:
I don't mind it, personally I would rather watch real baseball - but look at the globetrotters, they still sell out places
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I go to a handful of Braves games every year. Horribly boring 90% of the time that you are in the stadium. (especially this year when they were pretty much out of the race by mid-season)
Watch the audience at an MLB game.......they have the most fun in between innings when something is going on.
The Bananas tapped into that.
And there is still plenty of great "baseball". They actually make routine grounders, fly balls, and walks entertaining.
 
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luthervol said:
Not any more. They make twice what most AAA players make.
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Not really, they make maybe 50 grand I think which isn't twice what AAA makes with the recent increases and no one plays AAA for the AAA money...they play because they are MLB prospects with the hope of far greater payoffs.

If you're playing Bananaball, you're dream of MLB has died.
 
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You couldn’t bat .200 if they told you every pitch that was coming. Scripted or not it still requires ability.

No one denies this, by the way. Wrestling takes a great deal of athleticism also...so what?
 
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Hulavol said:
This is a very bad idea.

Last summer Clemson was a preseason top five team with a favorite to win the Heisman at qb……

Then banana ball happened in their stadium over the summer.

Just sayin’ …….
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Anybody who watched him in the Orange bowl against us knew he wasn't ever going to be a Heisman winner.
 
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Power_Sweep_Vol said:
Not really, they make maybe 50 grand I think which isn't twice what AAA makes with the recent increases and no one plays AAA for the AAA money...they play because they are MLB prospects with the hope of far greater payoffs.

If you're playing Bananaball, you're dream of MLB has died.
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Savannah Bananas players are paid more than the typical minor league baseball player, receiving full-year contracts since the team turned professional in 2022, but their exact salaries are not public. Estimates from sources like Forbes and CBS News indicate Bananas players earn significantly more than the generally low minor-league salaries that often fall below $50,000 per year, but less than the minimum salary in Major League Baseball.

Per AI
 
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K-town Vol Fan said:
Don't care a bit about this abomination. I watch sports to see real competition, not Tik Tok dances in between Globetrotter routines.
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I get it, but it's entertaining in a goofy sense and baseball games can be boring and a bit tedious (especially the seeming 8 billion of them each team plays each year). If this amps up interest in the actual game for a new generation, its a good thing.
 
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