TikTok choreography, dancing umpires, a ballet-trained first-base coach: This collegiate summer league team has amassed a following by leaning into entertainment.
How does a dance writer from the Northeast end up fixated on a collegiate summer league baseball team from Savannah, Ga.?
A few months ago, a video of a baseball coach dancing to "Waltz of the Flowers" — concluding with a virtuosic series of pirouettes — showed up in my Twitter feed. Before long, I started seeing choreographed content from the team on TikTok: an umpire doing 'N Sync's "Bye Bye Bye" dance after calling a strikeout. A batter "hitting the Quan" before scoring a base hit. A pitcher, second baseman, shortstop and center fielder dancing the "Cool for the Summer" TikTok challenge during an at-bat. And there was more ballet.
Everywhere I scrolled, there were the Savannah Bananas — dancing... nyt
We're vacationing at the beach near Savannah soon. Fortunately the Bananas are sold out in advance. And fortunately, we already have tickets for the Braves game we'll see en route. https://t.co/ZHsgz2lAVk
— Phil Oliver (@OSOPHER) June 4, 2022
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