The Savannah Bananas' Opening Night Looked Like The Most Fun You Could Ever Have On A Baseball Field

The day we were all waiting for, the Savannah Bananas Opening Night. No one has more fun on a baseball field than these gents. Even before first pitch their locker room was a party. A literal party. Old people, a full band, girls in princess dresses, a man on stilts, a magician, it was a madhouse in there. Seems like it would be a nice play to cool down before a big game. 

And naturally their opponent, the Party Animals, entered the field by jumping over the wall as fireworks went off. This is something I think should happen in the bigs. Just let the guys hop the fence and lets get going. 

But when I saw this intro for the Bananas' starting pitcher, I get why they don't jump the fence. If your starting pitcher is introduced to "Swag Surfin" as a smoke machine goes off, you're officially in the other teams head. Maybe the coolest intro I've seen. 

But just to one up the Bananas' pitcher with smoke and sick music, the Party Animals pitcher was puffing on a cigar with an ashtray during his warmup pitches. I think this is wha MLB pitchers were doing back in the 1950s but it's pretty funny to see now.

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Maybe the coolest thing from their opening night was their rule where if a batter walks he can run around the bases and get as far as he can before all 9 fielders touch the ball for the opposing team. I LOVE that rule, you make a bad throw and a walk turns into a triple. Love seeing the guys haul ass out of the box to turn a walk into a double. 

Plus we've got Tik Tok dances going on mid pitch with half the team. This is the baseball that old men hate, I think it's great. Looked like an awesome place to be for a game. This is the team and league to follow if you want to see some lighter rules and some good baseball.