# Savannah Bananas

> A Savannah baseball team's touring show drew 102,000 fans at Texas A&M's Kyle Field.

- Owner: Jesse and Emily Cole / Fans First Entertainment
- Kind: Activity
- Sector: Sports
- Seed date: 2016-02-25
- Milestone date: 2025-03-15
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 44 (Notable), v1.2
- Mechanics: Real-world spectacle, Maker origin, Platform jump, Press loop, Scarcity drop

## Summary

The 2016 name reveal earned coverage. TikTok clips and YouTube broadcasts carried the Bananas beyond Savannah. Sold-out tours led to NFL stadiums and ESPN deals; the peak anchor marks the first NFL-stadium game.

## Timeline

- Oct 2015 — Jesse and Emily Cole (Open web) — The Coles arrived in Savannah to build a college summer baseball team.
- 2016-02-25 — @TheSavBananas (X) — The team posted its Savannah Bananas name and logo on Twitter.
- 2016-02-25 — MLB.com / Cut4 (Press) — MLB.com's Cut4 introduced the Bananas name and embedded the team's reveal tweet.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/savannah-bananas

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Savannah Bananas.” Case HIS-01236. Spread Score v1.2: 44/100. Updated 2026-10-22. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01236