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Building the Savannah Bananas (with Jesse Cole, Founder and Owner)

Jun 16, 2025 · 1h 15m
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  • Jesse Cole transformed a failing college summer league team into the Savannah Bananas by creating 'Banana Ball'—baseball with radical rule changes (2-hour caps, bunts are outs, fan catches end batters) that prioritize entertainment
  • The Bananas now have 3.2 million people on a waiting list and sell out 80,000-seat football stadiums, despite being sacrilegious to traditional baseball purists
  • Cole built the business from scratch on an air mattress with a $30 weekly grocery budget, maintaining full control and ownership while revolutionizing how people think about sports entertainment

Guests on This Episode

JC
Jesse Cole
6 podcast appearances

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