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There are only two types of people in this world: Those who believe that the Savannah Bananas are the one, true greatest nickname for this forthcoming franchise, and people who choose to be wrong in the face of overwhelming scientific proof. Below, you'll find a robust, but not exhaustive list of reasons why you should want -- nay, need this organization to be named the bananas.
1. Late-inning rally video
You know when you go to a basketball game and the home team is down by a point with a couple of seconds left and the media folks the clip of Adrian talking to Rocky in an effort to will their team to victory? Imagine that, but instead it's a late-inning rally fueled by this iconic clip from the classic 1997 Rick Moranis film, "Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves!"
2. Mascot and theme song
One of the coolest mascot/theme song combinations in modern American sports is Mr. Celery, who runs out of the tunnel to Blur's "Song 2" every time Wilmington Blue Rocks score a run. Now, envision a world where every Savannah Banana's run means Mr. Bananagrabber pops some wheelies on his Segway to Gwen Stefani. It would be bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S!
3. There's always money in the banana stand
Think about it: A frozen banana is the perfect ballpark food. It cools you off on a hot summer day, any nutritional value that might be contained in the banana is marginalized by the fact that it's dunked in chocolate and covered in sprinkles, candy, sugary cereal or whatever else you can dream up and it comes on a stick. Plus, the cross-promotional advantages of being on the next "Arrested Development" Bluth Banana Stand tour could be highly lucrative.
4. The team would already have its own emoji
5. Mid-inning Mario Kart races
Instead of racing sausages or presidents, you have a princess, a plumber, a guy in a monkey suit and a dinosaur race Big Wheels around the infield. One of the contestants always uses banana peels to trip the others up.
Please, thank you and you're welcome.
7. Savannah rhymes with banana
Unless there's a team called the New York Pulled Pork that we're unaware of, there's an unconscionable lack of rhyming team names sports. This would move to rectify that glaring error.
8. They could put a banana boat behind the left field wall
Think about it: Every time the home team mashes a dinger, queue up Harry Belafonte and let Beetlejuice fire the water cannons into the crowd.