While the Savannah Bananas entertain millions of fans each game, one player is using his platform to share his Christian faith. RobertAnthony Cruz, also known in Bananaland as RAC, always wanted to be a professional baseball player. “I had a chance to do that briefly in the Washington Nationals organization. I was signed in 2021 for a year before getting released.” After being released, he started posting baseball videos online and then heard about the Savannah Bananas. “I started making videos on social media full-time. And it wasn’t until a couple of years later that I would hear about the Savannah Bananas going on their tour across the United States. I wound up joining the team in December 2023 and now I’m most of the way through my second tour on the Bananas.”At Banana Ball’s core, RAC says it’s baseball, but there are a few added rules. “The owner, Jesse Cole, had this vision to make baseball even more fun than it already is. Instead of cheerleaders like football, they had the Banana Nanas which is a senior citizen dance team and the dad-bod cheer squad. They started doing some really fun things from the entertainment side of things, and they would sell out every game.
The Savannah Bananas are known for flipping baseball on its head. Their games are part circus, part comedy, part sport—and always a sellout. From […]
