We have some movement on the Savannah Bananas' youth sports front.
The Bananas will be hosting eight two-day camps in Savannah this summer and a four-day Banana Ball U-Savannah Experience from July 29 through August 1.
The experience ($525 per kid) is listed as sold out with a waitlist; the camps are $200 a head. Those are also listed as sold out, but it is unclear if registration has even opened yet.
Both the camp and Banana Ball U are marketed as full-on Banana Ball and not traditional baseball with some bells and whistles.
The Bananas held a similar multi-day event last year and have done smaller clinic-like events in the past, so these are not completely new offerings. But they are an indicator of where founder Jesse Cole and his team are headed.
Also: Disney has doubled up its previous broadcast partnership with the Bananas and will carry 25 games this year across its various platforms.
All games will stream on Disney+ and ESPN Unlimited with 16 over-the-air simulcasts — one on ABC, six on ESPN and nine on ESPN2.
There will also be Bananas-related content at Disneyland, Disney World and ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut, to coincide with tour dates in town.
One intriguing thing that caught our eye: Four of the 25 games will not feature the Bananas, but rather a matchup between two of the other five teams in its league. That feels like an acid test to see how much juice an entire Banana Ball season would have as a media property.
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