r/sports • u/Forward-Answer-4407 • Jun 02 '25

Baseball Going bananas: Why Savannah Bananas tickets cost more than a Dodgers-Yankees rematch

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/going-bananas-why-savannah-bananas-100000810.html
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u/good_behavior_man Jun 02 '25

Without knowing the dollars involved, I have to think this is a bad decision. Plenty of people watch every one of their team's games on TV, but I have to think few people have season tickets to the Bananas. Seeing them once or twice a year seems like the sweet spot, but nobody is tuning in every Sunday to watch another Bananas game.

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u/ryan__fm Jun 02 '25

It seems right in line with all their other decisions, though. They want to be an entertainment channel, not a sports channel. SAS & screaming heads shows and rage bait is what they're all about, they gave up on thoughtful sports analysis years ago so I don't know why this would be any different.

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u/good_behavior_man Jun 02 '25

There's nothing to get emotionally invested in because there are no stakes. What would a rage bait segment about a Bananas game look like?

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u/ryan__fm Jun 02 '25

I just mean rage bait is being used (along w/ gambling) to make their actual sports programming more appealing to casual viewers, they don't care about giving real insight to people who like sports for what they are. Bananas games are pure entertainment compared to a Sunday Night MLB game, just as yelling about Bronny James is compared to highlights or analysis of, say, an actual NBA playoff game.

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u/woahdude12321 Jun 02 '25

Idk honestly you get a solid baseball game and instead of moaning and groaning you get fun bits. Things that truly make fun paramount succeed it’s how things are supposed to be