You guys, I went to see the Savannah Bananas last night in our football stadium, and they are a TOTAL HOOT.
They are live on ESPN2 tonight from 7-9pm ET.
I recommend, enthusiastically. If you get a chance to see them live, if it's in a football stadium, only go if you are at the end of the arena near the diamond. The atmosphere at the other end of the arena was still joyous, but clearly, folks there didn't get the same experience we did, behind home plate.
The dancing home plate umpire is worth the price of admission (ours was $60 or $40, and sold out two games in four hours).
Banana Ball
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Ritterskoop
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Re: Banana Ball
It was even better in person, as I could not stop watching the dancing home plate ump. On TV, they kept insisting on trying to film it like you would a normal game.
But still. Pretty cool.
But still. Pretty cool.
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Re: Banana Ball
When we went last year, the most amazing thing to me was how talented the players on both teams were. This was at least AA-quality baseball, even without the trick plays.
Some of the fun rules, for any who haven't seen this insanity:
If a player hits a foul ball into the stands and a fan catches it, the batter is out.
If a batter walks, he may advance as far as he wants, at risk of being tagged out. But the defense must throw the ball around so that all nine players touch it before the batter-runner can be tagged out.
Some of the fun rules, for any who haven't seen this insanity:
If a player hits a foul ball into the stands and a fan catches it, the batter is out.
If a batter walks, he may advance as far as he wants, at risk of being tagged out. But the defense must throw the ball around so that all nine players touch it before the batter-runner can be tagged out.
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