The Savannah Bananas

In October of 2015, we first arrived in Savannah as a college summer team with a goal in mind: make baseball fun and bring fans back to Historic Grayson Stadium.

In our first few months, we sold only a handful of tickets. By January of 2016, just months before our first game, the team had over-drafted our bank account. Our owners, Jesse and Emily Cole, were forced to sell their home to keep the team and their dream going.

But on February 25, 2016 when we announced the team name as the “Savannah Bananas”… everything changed.

This announcement created massive attention locally and nationally, being covered by CBS, NBC, and Sports Illustrated, even being featured as SportsCenter’s “Logo of the Year”.

With all the buzz, we were able to sell out Opening Night. Our fans were met with a completely unique experience including all-inclusive food, a senior citizen dance team, the first Banana Baby, and dancing baseball players.

The Bananas were a part of the Coastal Plain League, a summer collegiate league, for seven seasons.

The team won three Petitt Cup Championships during their collegiate team reign and had over 35 players drafted across the seven years of play.

In 2022, the Bananas announced that they were leaving the Coastal Plain League to play Banana Ball year-round.

Our organization, Fans First Entertainment, now fields six independent professional teams – all part of the Banana Ball Championship League.

Tune into the 2027 Player Draft on Wednesday, October 28th.