Baseball Is Boring…They Fixed It.

The Savannah Bananas have reinvented baseball with their version called "Banana Ball." Jesse Cole has is the entrepreneur behind the business startup that has even Major League Baseball paying attention. By focusing on the audience's enjoyment instead of the game itself, he's challenging the entire business model of the sports industry...and it's working.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:33 - America's Boring Pastime
1:30 - Jesse Cole Risks It All
2:28 - Savannah Bananas Are A Hit
4:02 - Banana Ball Rules
5:38 - Banana Ball Is A Homerun
7:07 -The National Tour
8:14 - The Future of Sports?

[@whoskole]

This is really reminiscent of the Negro League era team structure. Their games weren’t just straight up baseball, they were huge entertainment outlets for their fans. I love seeing that decades later, teams are still showing how much fun baseball can be when you don’t let tradition overshadow the importance of having fun!!!!

[@RaisedMedia]

What a great point! It’s amazing to see how sports don’t always need to be done at the highest levels of competition but rather focus on the fans. Thanks for the comment.

[@0x4rk0]

Here at 973 subscribers before this account takes off. Solid production, thats a 1M+ quality

[@RaisedMedia]

Thank you! So close to 1000! 💪🏻

[@rg_888]

@@RaisedMedia Wow, just since this comment you went from "nearly 1000" to 14,700. By the way, I'm someone who's generally not a sports fan (I like MMA, but I'm not really into any team sports). I used to watch basketball, but lost interest a few years ago. And I've literally never been interested in baseball. But this---THIS actually looks really fun.

[@RaisedMedia]

Haha thankfully one viral video has helped the channel quite significantly. Thanks for the support!@@rg_888

[@Eichward_SKV]

I know nothing about Baseball,but banana ball, the game rules, the stuff how to play, not the crasy stuff of banana ball, sounds like baseball should be.

[@bettycogswell9851]

I love these guys. Can't get enough of them.

[@emem2863]

This makes me a little sad as a baseball fan, but good for him for finding an opportunity to improve and create a community of fans! I agree that baseball can be boring, so I've liked the changes made in MLB to make it faster paced. As mentioned by another commenter, the Negro Leagues were fast-paced, unpredictable, and fun. I see MLB and even the Bananas incorporating some of that legacy. I'm thinking of Satchel Paige and his pitching style.

[@divakarangt3904]

One of the best innovations i came across

[@servidig483]

THIS is the way ALL old rigid boring forgotten sports can be resurrected for the new generations, mixing and matching

[@spendthriftgaming]

Very cool! Baseball can be incredibly boring. It seems obvious that from a business perspective the audience should be the most important aspect of a sport yet they seem to be often neglected. Glad the Savannah Bananas are successful!

[@RaisedMedia]

In hindsight it makes sense. The Harlem globetrotters are very successful and nobody thought to do it for another sport? Easy money 💰

[@cordalenichols1986]

I was pissed at first but now I wanna play low key

[@erinashumate]

This video is so amazing oh my god, this made me want to see these guys and I don't even like baseball at all

[@kbluewater]

AAAWESOME IDEA

[@marlondiaz7957]

Idk if you can call a billion dollar industry boring.

[@RaisedMedia]

The size of the garbage bag industry in the US in 2022 was $2.59 billion. Using market size as a metric of entertainment is kind of pointless. The point is lots of people love baseball, but many don’t appreciate the sport and the MLB has done little to capture younger audiences unlike other sports like the NBA, NHL, NFL etc. Baseball has little league that’s great but it still focuses purely on the sport itself from a very competitive perspective. The NHL for example has done a great job of curating a hockey lifestyle that goes far beyond the game itself. It’s helping people uninterested in the underlying sport be slowly motivated to pay attention. The Savannah Bananas proved that baseball as a sport is very entertaining, but it doesn’t always have to be at the highest, most serious, competitive level. If you’re a baseball fan you’d want to be supporting the bananas as they are absolutely boosting viewership on the sport in general…which could convert to new audiences actually paying attention to MLB.

[@marlondiaz7957]

@@RaisedMedia aren’t tickets raffled?

[@cartertracey3514]

It's cringe asf bro 😂

[@Thetiminator44]

I find their “bananaball” wildly cringey and annoying

[@RaisedMedia]

It’s certainly not for everyone! It largely is meant to appeal to a younger audience but surprisingly the stands are filled with people of all ages.

[@bettycogswell9851]

You need to learn to have fun. They were recently inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. What does that tell you.

[@Thetiminator44]

@@bettycogswell9851 not much, as almost every one on their teams are essentially pro players that came out of college and weren’t good enough to be in the league.

[@bettycogswell9851]

@@Thetiminator44 Excuse me. Do your homework. Some were offered the big leagues but didn't go because they love where they are.

[@Thetiminator44]

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