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[Meatloaf=Steak]

It is aimed at families with kids

I know exactly how it's marketed. Still don't get it, but like Ram said to each his own.

 

[JCTarheel82]

Am I the only one who doesnt understand the appeal? It's more like professional wrestling at a crazy premium price.

It's the TikTokification of baseball.

 

[4thgenheel]

I know exactly how it's marketed. Still don't get it, but like Ram said to each his own.

kids absolutely lap that shit up and parents will pay an arm and a leg to keep their lil fuck trophies occupied.

 

[wmheel1287]

kids absolutely lap that shit up and parents will pay an arm and a leg to keep their lil fuck trophies occupied.

From what little I have seen of some of their marketing, there is a definite "thirst trap" aspect aimed at the moms too with some of the players.

 

[GoHeelsweeeehoooo]

We are going to the game on Sunday - will be interesting to see how it works in a football stadium - I figure it will still be good to be in Chapel Hill

 

[4thgenheel]

From what little I have seen of some of their marketing, there is a definite "thirst trap" aspect aimed at the moms too with some of the players.

that doesn't shock me at all, lol.

 

[wmheel1287]

that doesn't shock me at all, lol.

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[uncgriff]

I think it's jumped the shark personally. Saw them in person when they were at Kannapolis and it was a lot of fun at the time but then saw them on ESPN a couple of times for a few innings and it didn't translate at all. The guy is a marketing genius no doubt though.

 

[Bigs23]

I'd rather go to a real baseball game.

 

[superrific]

I don't know who "Savannah Bananas" is. The backup singer for Hannah Montana?

 

[TurdFerguson]

I think it's jumped the shark personally. Saw them in person when they were at Kannapolis and it was a lot of fun at the time but then saw them on ESPN a couple of times for a few innings and it didn't translate at all. The guy is a marketing genius no doubt though.

I know someone who has traveled to see them a few times. I think once would be enough for me.

 

[SnoopRob]

It's the TikTokification of baseball.

More like the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball.

 

[JCTarheel82]

More like the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball.

Eh, kinda. The skill aspect is similar, which can be entertaining, but the Bananas also do a lot of the stupid TikTok-style dancing and lip syncing that wmheel posted above. I just can't get on board with that. Maybe the Globetrotters also do that stuff now. I have no idea.

 

[SnoopRob]

Eh, kinda. The skill aspect is similar, which can be entertaining, but the Bananas also do a lot of the stupid TikTok-style dancing and lip syncing that wmheel posted above. I just can't get on board with that. Maybe the Globetrotters also do that stuff now. I have no idea.

It's a more modern version, but very similar idea...sport + silly entertainment.

I've never seen them in person, but I've watched a couple of times on tv. It reminds me heavily of the Globetrotters, who are entertaining but not the same as regular basketball.

 

[JCTarheel82]

It's a more modern version, but very similar idea...sport + silly entertainment.

I've never seen them in person, but I've watched a couple of times on tv. It reminds me heavily of the Globetrotters, who are entertaining but not the same as regular basketball.

Well I just really hate TikTok so I'm gonna need you to get off my lawn, Snoop.

 

[SnoopRob]

Well I just really hate TikTok so I'm gonna need you to get off my lawn, Snoop.

If it makes you feel better, I'm not a fan of TikTok, either.

 

[nycfan]

Seems to lack a right field

Seats down the first base line seem … risky

 

[nycfan]

 

[Icky Mettle]

Eh, kinda. The skill aspect is similar, which can be entertaining, but the Bananas also do a lot of the stupid TikTok-style dancing and lip syncing that wmheel posted above. I just can't get on board with that. Maybe the Globetrotters also do that stuff now. I have no idea.

I went to see the Globetrotters with my family a couple weeks ago in Charlotte. It was pretty entertaining but VERY much geared toward young kids. The last time I saw them was 40 years ago (almost exactly, it was summer of 1986), when I was a kid myself, but I feel like they were even more geared toward kids now than back then. They even busted out some 6-7 joke/routine, which the really young kids seemed to like, but my kids (ages 11 and 9) rolled their eyes at. My daughter, the 9-year-old, yelled,”That’s so old! That’s so 2025!”

 

[JCTarheel82]

I went to see the Globetrotters with my family a couple weeks ago in Charlotte. It was pretty entertaining but VERY much geared toward young kids. The last time I saw them was 40 years ago (almost exactly, it was summer of 1986), when I was a kid myself, but I feel like they were even more geared toward kids now than back then. They even busted out some 6-7 joke/routine, which the really young kids seemed to like, but my kids (ages 11 and 9) rolled their eyes at. My daughter, the 9-year-old, yelled,”That’s so old! That’s so 2025!”

My younger daughter is also 9 and she would say the exact same thing