Except that unlike the Globetrotters, there's a real game being played on 
the field, with an outcome that isn't predetermined. There isn't a 
correlation between the Party Animals (or Tailgaters, or Firefighters) and 
the Washington Generals - they've got just as much opportunity to win as 
the Bananas do.

On Friday, August 1, 2025 at 5:00:10 PM UTC-4 David Bruggeman wrote:

> I liken the Bananas to the Harlem Globetrotters, in broad strokes, where 
> the game isn't usually front an center.
>
> I know there were baseball 'barnstorming' teams back in the day, but 
> outside of the travel, I have no sense of how they might compare.
>
> Best,
> David
>
> On Friday, August 1, 2025 at 10:09:42 AM PDT, Doug Eastick <
> [email protected]> wrote: 
>
>
> I've tried to find the 60 minutes segment  from this year with the 
> creator, but it didn't seem to be on YouTube.
>
> Lots of other videos on YouTube that explain what they've done.  In 
> short... Fans first.... And change the rules to keep the fans engaged or 
> watching.
>
>
>
>
> /Doug 
> [email protected]
>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2025, 17:45 Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I am a monster baseball fan (primarily the Cubs, obviously, but also the 
> Tigers to a lesser extent), and I have watched this "thing" just expand 
> this year without logic, rhyme or reason. It's just AA baseball with 
> gimmicks during play that figured out how to master social media. 
>
> I have really tried in my life not, at 51, to just crap on something new 
> for the sake of it being new, but the only enjoyment I've gotten from the 
> few highlights I've seen was the player who flopped a backflip on CNN 
> (which then turned into a thing in and of itself). I've even read Lauren 
> Thiessen's explanation over on Defector (
> https://share.google/UkK07z5py7BLYLzs1). But I cannot for the life of me 
> get how this has exploded to the level that it has. If anyone has an 
> explanation, I'll be a most attentive audience.
>
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2025, 08:15 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> The baseball + entertainment team goes from a handful of games last year 
> to almost 20 this year, on TruTV and HBO Max, tho they will still stream on 
> YouTube among other places... the yellow-clad men will visit Yankee Stadium 
> for the first time this year:
>
> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tnt-sports-savannah-bananas-banana-ball-championship-1236331154/
>  (link)
> B
>
>
>

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