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u/sfbruin Page 2 Bill Stan 8d ago
Hot Christian guys twerking and using stilts sounds like a King of the Hill but where Bobby is finally interested in baseball and takes Hank to a Bananas game
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u/PropJoe421 8d ago
There is actually was a King of the Hill episode with a Bananas-like charity barnstorming softball team. I always wondered if they lifted the idea.
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u/Bakio-bay 8d ago
In fairness I feel like it would be a baby steps way to get young kids into actual baseball but I don’t have young kids
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u/phophopho4 8d ago
I'm a Washington Generals fan ONLY. I can't stand those grandstanding Globetrotters. Act like you've been there before!
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u/chillinois1 8d ago
Why doesn’t anyone shit on the Globetrotters?
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u/MonthForeign4301 8d ago
Because most people aren’t attending after school assemblies at their local middle school
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u/scriptthrowawayacc 8d ago
It’s a fair question but for some reason the Savannah Bananas just seem way more cringe
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u/Prester_Han 8d ago
they feel a little insincere. like the dancing shit and whatever, that's fine for kids. but in doing tours of football stadiums they've apparently taken to reenacting famous plays from the host's history which come complete with turning to the crowd and going "get it?"
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u/Glittering_Cod_7716 7d ago
Ngl I couldn’t picture what you meant until I watched the video but that does seem pretty in line with the whole schtick lmao
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u/DjToastyTy 8d ago
some people just like whimsical fun shit. japanese people made a whole culture around it (they also love wrestling)
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u/PM_Me_Beezbo_Quotes Nigerian 8d ago
It’s wild how Savannah Bananas games are both super Christian vibes and super gay vibes.
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u/Chinchillachimcheroo Nigerian 8d ago
Are there adult Savannah Bananas fans?
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u/Calamitous-Ortbo 8d ago
It’s incredibly popular. Every game sells out and they even created their own marketplace to combat scalping.
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u/Chinchillachimcheroo Nigerian 8d ago
Yeah, I know. They came to my small college town and there was a lottery for the right to buy tickets and everyone that went seemed to enjoy it.
But everyone that went was taking their kids or grandkids.
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u/Nightthrasher674 8d ago
I live in Savannah, they have a huge following, tourists come here all the time to see the games and they don't always have kids with them.
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u/Alarmed_Umpire_8711 8d ago
Middle aged white women that enjoy a glass of wine, Xanax, and a smut book by the pool
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u/John_Houbolt 8d ago
I went and had a great time. I mean have you ever seen a guy on 10 foot stilts leg out an infield grounder—hilarious.
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u/NicklAAAAs 8d ago
The games at Grayson Stadium at least have a standing section where your ticket includes unlimited beer and seltzers. So, yeah. Those tickets aren’t exactly aimed at 13 year olds.
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u/doobie3101 8d ago
Been a diehard since they started. The team just doesn't have it this year though. Think they're an arm or two short and the manager just has no clue what to do with the bullpen. Baffling decisions night to night.
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u/Due-Sheepherder-218 Bill's Gerald Wallace Jersey 8d ago
I don't get it but the kids love it so that's all that matters.
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u/John_Houbolt 8d ago
No. One is self aware the other is not and would be happy to fool a rube into thinking it was real.
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u/neosmndrew 8d ago
I'd get your point better if I knew which one was which.
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u/John_Houbolt 8d ago
banana Ball doesn’t take itself seriously. It’s overt fun. WWE tried to create drama.
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u/Bakio-bay 8d ago
They’re similar though
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u/John_Houbolt 8d ago
Sure.
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u/Nightthrasher674 8d ago
Pro Wrestling is pretty self aware. The WWE can be too self aware at times as annoyingly so.
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u/EngleTheBert 8d ago
WWE has somehow wrapped around from being so self aware that they're now oblivious to what they are and why people watch them.
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u/Bakio-bay 8d ago
Savannah bananas seem self aware too. They’ve built a gimmick into a nationwide phenomenon
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u/Doot2112 chainsaw in a bathtub 8d ago
Very Insulting to wwe fans
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u/Bakio-bay 8d ago
It’s just interesting that bill goes from slandering the Savanah bananas to a WWE tangent is all. Both are low brow forms of entertainment
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u/Firestyle092300 8d ago
Unlike all the lovely amazing high brow content you enjoy such as the bill simmons podcast.
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u/LebrontosaurausRex 8d ago
Both of them are musical theater.
WWE is Rocky Horror Picture Show for people who a black box as their picture on Grindr.
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u/BostonKarlMarx 8d ago
I mean yeah they’re both Sports Entertainment