Odds are, if you’ve spent any time on the internet over the past decade, you’ve seen Grayson Stadium. You just might have been a bit distracted.
The 99-year-old Grayson Stadium in Savannah is the home of the Savannah Bananas, the team that has cultivated a legion of dedicated fans with its off-the-wall brand of baseball that it has dubbed Banana Ball. Among the rules of Banana Ball are a two-hour time limit, a ban on bunts and the ability to steal first base. The Bananas even have a rule where if a fan catches a foul ball, it counts as an out.
The Bananas call themselves “world famous”—and that isn’t an unearned boast. With more than 18 million followers across social media, the Bananas are a big deal. Their tour this summer includes 21 stops at MLB, NFL and college football stadiums—all of which have been sold out. Their unique brand of baseball-adjacent entertainment has become so popular that this year the Bananas added two more teams—the Firefighters and the Texas Tailgaters—who played their own games in sold-out minor league stadiums in addition to games against the flagship Bananas team. The Bananas have plans to add two more teams in 2026…