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The Savannah Bananas have peeled back the game of baseball and made it fun again. This is their story. For his entire childhood, Jesse Cole dreamed of pitching in the Majors. Now, he has a life in baseball that he could have only imagined: he met the love of his life in the industry; they shaped Savannah, Georgia's professional team into the league champion Savannah Bananas; and now the Bananas have restyled baseball itself into something all their own: Banana Ball. Fast, fun, and outrageously entertaining, Banana Ball brings fans right into the game. The Bananas throw out a first banana rather than a ball. Their first-base coach dances to "Thriller" or Britney between innings. Players run into the crowd to hand out roses. And the rules themselves are bananas: if a fan catches a foul ball it's an out; and players might go to bat on stilts or wearing a banana costume.
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Jesse Cole is the founder of Fans First Entertainment and owner of the Savannah Bananas. He's been featured on MSNBC and as a keynote speaker all over the country, promoting his motto "If it's normal, do the exact opposite." His teams have welcomed more than 1 million fans to their ballparks and have been featured on CNN and ESPN. Cole's teams have been awarded Organization of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Business of the Year and have won three CPL Championships.The Savannah Bananas currently have sold out every game for two straight seasons and have a waiting list in the thousands for tickets.Cole believes to be successful you need to Stand Out and Be Different. He release daily videos and blogs on LinkedIn and FindYourYellowTux.com a blog. He is passionate about creating attention, loving your customers more than your product and loving your employees more than your customers. Cole is the Host of the Business Done Differently Podcast.
