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 > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/77245525-a8fb-4d48-b67a-21b428d250f0n%40googlegroups.com.
