Savannah Bananas Spark Debate With Unexpected ‘Macarena’ Tribute on 9/11
Have you ever wondered what would happen if America’s most irrepressible baseball team collided headfirst with sacred commemoration and a 90s dance craze? I know, me neither—until the Savannah Bananas decided to honor the 25th anniversary of 9/11 with the kind of spectacle that makes me question if the afterlife has cable. Picture it: floodlights dimmed, a sea of yellow uniforms somberly lining up (on stilts, no less), and then—suddenly—someone cranks up “Macarena” and sleeves go flying. I’m torn between gasping, laughing, and calling my therapist, all while wishing I’d snuck a camera into Grayson Stadium. It’s equal parts heart, absurdity, and sheer American bravado… and somehow, Rudy Giuliani in a Zorb ball makes complete sense. If you think you’ve seen it all—oh, darling, buckle up. This is a whole new league of outrageous tribute. LEARN MORE

SAVANNAH, GA—In remembrance of the lives lost on that fateful day, sources confirmed that the roster of the Savannah Bananas took to the field prior to Friday’s game to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with a solemn performance of “Macarena.” With the Grayson Stadium lights dimmed and footage of a billowing American flag playing on the Jumbotron, the Bananas players reportedly cartwheeled or stilt-walked into formation on the first-base line before bowing their heads in a moment of silence for the victims of the 9/11 attacks, followed by a performance of an immaculately choreographed dance to the 1995 chart-topper. Sources confirmed that after the Bananas players pumped their hips and tore off their sleeves for their emotional “Macarena” rendition, they were joined on the field by their opposing squad, the Loco Beach Coconuts, with the teams stacking themselves into two human towers to represent the World Trade Center while a man wearing a leather cowboy hat and jorts placed a single rose on home plate and performed a somber backflip. The Banana Ball players then welcomed former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, who tearfully led a prayer for the firefighters who perished in the attacks as he traversed the upturned hands of the stadium crowd in an inflatable Zorb ball. At press time, ticket holders were roaring their approval as a player costumed as a twerking Osama bin Laden was shot with a T-shirt cannon.














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