When Ashleigh Masters walked into her first Banana Ball game, she wasn’t wondering who would win. She was wondering if the kindness she had seen online could really be genuine. By the end of the night, she says she had her answer.
“It brought so much of me feeling like myself again,” Masters told Savannah Bananas On SI and sister company BananaBallInsider.com during an exclusive interview.
For many fans, Banana Ball is known for sold-out stadiums, dancing players, trick plays and nonstop entertainment. Created by Savannah Bananas founder Jesse Cole, the fast-growing baseball experience has built its identity around a simple philosophy: Fans First. For Masters, it became something much more personal. It became part of her healing.
A Life Turned Upside Down
Over the course of a short and devastating period, Masters says her marriage ended, she survived an assault and she was diagnosed with cancer…