The Game Making Baseball Fans Go Bananas

棒球狂热者们为之疯狂的游戏

The Journal.

2025-08-09

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There’s a new game selling out stadiums around the country: banana ball. The game’s founder, Jesse Cole, describes how he got started. And WSJ’s Jason Gay watched a game to see what Major League Baseball – and other pro sports – can learn from banana ball’s fan-first approach. Jessica Mendoza hosts. Further listening: - NCAA President on New Era for College Sports - How Parlays Became the Biggest Bet in Sports - The Biggest Trade in Sports Wasn’t an Athlete –– It Was a TV Show Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Here to honor America with the singing of tonight's national anthem.

  • It was a Friday night in Baltimore, shockingly temperate.

  • It was the perfect night for a ballgame.

  • Last weekend, my colleague Jason Gay caught a game at Camden Yards.

  • That's the home of Baltimore's major league baseball team, the Orioles.

  • The place was completely packed.

  • It felt more like a party than any baseball game I'd ever been to.

  • And it really delivered on what the phenomenon has been.

  • The phenomenon Jason was there to see wasn't the Orioles.

  • It wasn't even really baseball.

  • Jason was there.

  • for Banana Ball.

  • Banana Ball, taking America's favorite pastime to new and often ridiculous heights.

  • The wildest thing in sports today.

  • It's part baseball, part big top, and non-stop fun.

  • And just for the uninitiated, what is Banana Ball?

  • Could you describe it?

  • Banana Ball is a fast-paced, circus-like, short attention span.

  • attack on your senses.

  • It is really all about entertainment maximization at all times.