Banana Breakdown Podcast

Drake Fontenot was selected as the #2 overall draft pick in the 2026 Banana Ball Player Draft! He will be joining us on this livestream to discuss being selected for the Coconuts, playing for the Visitors, and more! Can't wait to have him on the show!Niko Hulsizer was selected by the Indianapolis Clowns last night! He will be joining us on the livestream to discuss being selected to the Clowns and more!! Can't wait to talk with him!We will also be breaking down the full 2026 lineups after the last picks are revealed tomorrow! Can't wait to break down all the picks with you all!!Follow Drake Fontenot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_drakefontenot/Follow Niko Hulsizer on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hh_12_/

This was our live raw reaction to the 2026 Banana Ball Player Draft! What do you think of the picks these teams made?

Sunshine Luders, Taj Porter, and Zach Bridges were chosen as Fan Picks and are LOCKED in for their teams next year! They join us on this livestream to discuss the Fan Picks! Each team had the fans select 3 players that they wanted to keep on their teams in 2026. It's gonna be a crazy time the next few weeks as we see what will happen with the draft!Follow these Fan Picks on Social Media: Follow Sunshine Luders Here: https://www.instagram.com/sunshineluders/Follow Taj Porter Here: https://www.instagram.com/_tajporter_/Follow Zach Bridges Here: https://www.instagram.com/zbridges88/Banana Breakdown is a weekly livestream podcast dedicated to bringing you everything you need to know about banana ball through player interviews and game breakdowns! Join us on our YouTube Channel for our weekly livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/@bananabreakdownpodcast?sub_confirmation=1

With the Banana Ball Draft coming up in a few weeks, we wanted to break down what we know about the 2026 draft and speculate on who we think will be selected to stay with their team.

Dustin Baber is an incredible part of Bananaland from his amazing trick plays, iconic green vest, and his beer chug each game. Join as we hear his full story of making it to bananaland!

We went to the first ever tour championship for Banana Ball and helped the Party Animals win the game!! We had such a fun time there and break down the full experience in this video! If you are new to our podcast, we do a weekly livestream where we give you an inside look into all things Banana Ball from 2 fans who interview players and break down each game! Your hosts Brandon likes to go Bananas and Sammy is the Life of the Party!You can read more about my experience here that I wrote for Bananas on SI, part of the Sports Illustrated Network: https://www.si.com/onsi/savannah-bananas/news/savannah-bananas-fan-helped-the-party-animals-win-the-1st-ever-tour-championship-by-catching-a-foul-ball-for-an-out

Banana Ball just announced the 2 Newest Teams Joining the Savannah Bananas, Party Animals, Texas Tailgaters, and Firefighters!

For Constant Banana Ball Player Interviews, Game Breakdowns, and News Updates, Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bananabreakdownpodcast?sub_confirmation=1We are so grateful to have Josh Talevski (Statistician and Color Commentatory for the Savannah Bananas) join us on this episode to break down the entire playoffs as a whole and specifically game 4 of the playoffs where the Party Animals beat the Texas Tailgaters to move on to the Tour Championship!

For Constant Banana Ball Player Interviews, Game Breakdowns, and News Updates, Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bananabreakdownpodcast?sub_confirmation=1We are so grateful to have the Young Professor (host for the Savannah Bananas) join us on this episode to break down game 3 of the playoffs where the Firefighters ELIMINATED the Savannah Bananas from the Playoffs!

For Constant Banana Ball Player Interviews, Game Breakdowns, and News Updates, Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bananabreakdownpodcast?sub_confirmation=1We are so grateful to have Drake Toll (announcer for the Party Animals) and Biko Skalla (announcer for the Savannah Bananas) join us on this episode to break down game 2 of the playoffs where the Firefighters beat the Savannah Bananas!

For Constant Banana Ball Player Interviews, Game Breakdowns, and News Updates, Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bananabreakdownpodcast?sub_confirmation=1We are so grateful to have Brett Loftis join us on this episode to break down game 1 of the playoffs where the Firefighters beat the Savannah Bananas!

We recently held some livestreams breaking down some of the playoff games right when they ended. We wanted to get you the full picture too by bringing those episodes here. The next few episodes here are those livestream replays. If you have any questions, please let us know. Thanks!

Join us for playoff post game livestreams here: https://www.youtube.com/@BananaBreakdownPodcast

The Savannah Bananas just sold out back to back night at the MLB Stadium for the Seattle Mariners. 48,000 people each night got to witness Banana Ball in person for the first time in Seattle, Washington. Also, the playoff race heats up as the Texas Tailgaters beat the Party Animals opening the door for the Savannah Bananas to take the #1 seed if they win their last 2 games of the season!If you want to see some interviews with Banana Ball Players, this playlist contains all of those interviews. We’ve had on some incredible guests and will continue to have more soon: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO6g01GH67V92Epe5nGo0X6oF5yhMSyp-If you want to see some of the previous episodes of our weekly banana breakdowns, you can find those here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO6g01GH67V__H-R88ebrkiAzvkLQ6BKw

New York just welcomed the Savannah Bananas! They were joined by 7 incredible celebrities in Yankee Stadium this week! We are going to rank out favorite celebrity appearances and break down the games this weekend!If you want to see some interviews with Banana Ball Players, this playlist contains all of those interviews. We’ve had on some incredible guests and will continue to have more soon: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO6g01GH67V92Epe5nGo0X6oF5yhMSyp-If you want to see some of the previous episodes of our weekly banana breakdowns, you can find those here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO6g01GH67V__H-R88ebrkiAzvkLQ6BKwIf you prefer to listen on a podcast platform, here are the links to some of those:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/banana-breakdown/id1799506220Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4R15PgV17akQbqnrlUPki5?si=9c4a69d39b754ac4INTRO MUSIC: Shout out to Michael Barrow and the Tourists for our intro music! You can stream their song "Over It" here: https://open.spotify.com/track/6HjksF4Mq7fyS5t9g9lIxZ?si=5b0e6269a8c2457dYou can check out their YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@UCHIZ6mN1eJi0oSwNF4NihUA

We had the incredible opportunity to go to the first Texas Tailgaters weekend in Texas and interviewed 12 players and staff! Those interviews will be on this channel in the next few days. If you want to see some interviews with Banana Ball Players, this playlist contains all of those interviews. We’ve had on some incredible guests and will continue to have more soon: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO6g01GH67V92Epe5nGo0X6oF5yhMSyp-If you want to see some of the previous episodes of our weekly banana breakdowns, you can find those here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO6g01GH67V__H-R88ebrkiAzvkLQ6BKwINTRO MUSIC: Shout out to Michael Barrow and the Tourists for our intro music! You can stream their song "Over It" here: https://open.spotify.com/track/6HjksF4Mq7fyS5t9g9lIxZ?si=5b0e6269a8c2457dYou can check out their YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@UCHIZ6mN1eJi0oSwNF4NihUA

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT in this podcast episode. Stick around until the end of the video for our 2 big announcements! Today we break down the race to the Tour Championship. All 4 Banana Ball teams are vying for their spot in the Tour Championship Semi-Finals the first week of October. Then there is one final game for the Tour Championship of October 11th! In this episode we discuss highlights from this week like: -What will the structure be for the Tour Championship Semi-Finals? -Where does each Banana Ball team fall in the current league standings?-Bill Leroy’s amazing Mic’d Up Moment for the Savannah Bananas-The Top Play of the Week by Sunshine Luders-The Rain out that ended the Savannah Bananas Game early. Our interview with Jonathan "Sunshine" Luders: https://youtu.be/fVBuVMZ5Gkg?si=SVfxXNxyzvBhQ2DiIf you want to see some interviews with Banana Ball Players, this playlist contains all of those interviews. We’ve had on some incredible guests and will continue to have more soon: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO6g01GH67V92Epe5nGo0X6oF5yhMSyp-If you want to see some of the previous episodes of our weekly banana breakdowns, you can find those here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO6g01GH67V__H-R88ebrkiAzvkLQ6BKwIf you prefer to listen on a podcast platform, here are the links to some of those:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/banana-breakdown/id1799506220Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4R15PgV17akQbqnrlUPki5?si=9c4a69d39b754ac4INTRO MUSIC: Shout out to Michael Barrow and the Tourists for our intro music! You can stream their song "Over It" here: https://open.spotify.com/track/6HjksF4Mq7fyS5t9g9lIxZ?si=5b0e6269a8c2457dYou can check out their YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@UCHIZ6mN1eJi0oSwNF4NihUA

This weekend the Savannah Bananas and Party Animals crushed it! They swept the Firefighters and the Texas Tailgaters.There were some incredible moments this weekend. From Dalton Cornett on the firefighters getting to take an at bat in his dad’s white Sox jersey, to Ryan Cox breaking the single game trick play record, to Coach RAC breaking his season Home run record, and more!!Welcome to the Banana Breakdown Podcast! We do weekly breakdowns of the banana ball games, discuss If you want to see some interviews with Banana Ball Players, this playlist contains all of those interviews. We’ve had on some incredible guests and will continue to have more soon: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO6g01GH67V92Epe5nGo0X6oF5yhMSyp-If you want to see some of the previous episodes of our weekly banana breakdowns, you can find those here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO6g01GH67V__H-R88ebrkiAzvkLQ6BKwIf you prefer to listen on a podcast platform, here are the links to some of those:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/banana-breakdown/id1799506220Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4R15PgV17akQbqnrlUPki5?si=9c4a69d39b754ac4INTRO MUSIC: Shout out to Michael Barrow and the Tourists for our intro music! You can stream their song "Over It" here: https://open.spotify.com/track/6HjksF4Mq7fyS5t9g9lIxZ?si=5b0e6269a8c2457dYou can check out their YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@UCHIZ6mN1eJi0oSwNF4NihUA

Welcome to this week’s Banana Breakdown!! In today’s episode we discuss some of the top moments of the weekend including: -The Savannah Bananas extend their historic win streak to 14 games!-Firefighters end the win streak in showdowns thanks to Joe Lytle & Ben Dum. This clinches the first Firefighters win of the season vs. the Savannah Bananas-Ben Dum has been incredible on the mound this year and keeps getting better!-The closers in Banana Ball are incredible! From Drew Gillespie on the Party Animals, to Danny Hosley on the Savannah Bananas, to Jon Reid & Brett Carson on the Texas Tailgaters, and Ben Dum on the Firefighters, the closers are the stars of Banana Ball! -Was the Golden Batter used incorrectly in game 2 of the Party Animals vs. The Texas Tailgaters? Sammy’s opinion is that if it was not used for a celebrity guest in the 8th and instead used in the 9th, his Party Animals might have taken home then win!-Playing at LSU and having Zach Watson, an LSU Alumni wear his LSU jersey and complete back to back trick plays while mic’d up and score the winning run in showdowns all in his LSU jersey. -in Showdowns, after Zach Watson gave the Texas Tailgaters the 1 point lead, Jon Reid was on the mound. After striking out 4 batters in the 8th and 9th innings, he led the party Animals to hit a pop fly straight to Jordan Hussein who completed a behind the back catch, the first ever trick play in Showdown history!! -Drew Gillespie and the Party Animals completed a 44 second inning, the fastest in Banana Ball history! Now Drew has the 2 fastest innings in the game. His previous record was at 46 seconds. -Jesse Cole’s Dad was a huge help creating the rules of Banana Ball. He came up with the idea of the “win the inning, get the point” but was also hesitant when Jesse mentioned having a 2 hour time clock. Jesse mentioned how it is actually a good thing to leave them wanting more at the end of the game.-Dalton Ponce of the Party Animals threw 6 strikeouts in 2 innings! -Ryan cox completed a trick play which pushed the league total across all teams this year to 1,360 trick plays which beat the record set in previous world tours! If you want to see some interviews with Banana Ball Players, this playlist contains all of those interviews. We’ve had on some incredible guests and will continue to have more soon: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO6g01GH67V92Epe5nGo0X6oF5yhMSyp-If you want to see some of the previous episodes of our weekly banana breakdowns, you can find those here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO6g01GH67V__H-R88ebrkiAzvkLQ6BKwINTRO MUSIC: Shout out to Michael Barrow and the Tourists for our intro music! You can stream their song "Over It" here: https://open.spotify.com/track/6HjksF4Mq7fyS5t9g9lIxZ?si=5b0e6269a8c2457dYou can check out their YouTube channel here:  https://www.youtube.com/@UCHIZ6mN1eJi0oSwNF4NihUA

Is Fisher Polydoroff a time traveler? In this full interview, we sit down with the old-timey star of Banana Ball—a.k.a. Ole Knuckles—to hear how he brings vintage baseball vibes to the greatest show in sports. From his iconic look to his on-field antics, this is one story you don’t want to miss.Fisher just finished playing for 6 weeks on the Savannah Bananas developmental team the visitors! He and the rest of that team are hoping to secure a spot on one of the 6 Banana Ball teams next year!