nrockway Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 1 hour ago, JoeC said: Except a 90+ mph fastball at your face, like your user pic suggests. in fairness, I think it was like a 70mph curveball that barely touched him 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Is this the game thread ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 Even Konerko is slumping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 11 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: They fill 80,000 seat stadiums. Do you follow sports at all? Why the anger? No I haven't followed the Banana phenomenon. Now after watching em the last two nights I've learned a bit. What's with the anger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 11 hours ago, Autumn Dreamin said: If AJP likes Banana Ball that's all I need to know. I LOVE me some AJP and he saw the electricity first hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 (edited) Tonight's game was cool to see Ozzie coach first base and do the Banana dance and Konerko step to the plate. He shoulda took one pitch LOL. Banana management sure did a nice job honoring Chicago the past two nights. Nice introductions of Paulie, Buehrle, Ozzie and AJP; honoring Chicago firefighters both nights; the Banana players doing a dance to the Super Bowl shuffle; some guy on the broadcast saying there's not a bad seat in Rate Field. Honoring a family that has taken in several foster kids both nights. That's neat they didn't feel the need to honor any Cubs. Having Bedard of the Hawks there and MJ of the Sox/Bulls woulda been neat. Have Jordan bat again on 35th and Shields. Edited August 17 by greg775 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 11 hours ago, fathom said: Even Konerko is slumping At least he didn't pop up and drop his head before jogging to 1B. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autumn Dreamin Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 ICYMI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 I mean, this would qualify as Banana Ball, no?? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 24 minutes ago, JoeC said: I mean, this would qualify as Banana Ball, no?? Considering the other dudes are practicing their moves like crazy, I'd say that this is the ultimate trick move. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 Also if there's one thing MLB should learn from this — and stuff like the Moon Mammoths / Copa nights in the minor leagues — is that they should be ok with having fun. Obviously don't go full bombastic and let it affect the field, but getting crowds pumped with genuinely fun interludes / characters could bring in fans. Jesse Cole is a great MC. The King at Brooklyn Cyclones games brings it every inning. As for the moon mammoths / Copa: We saw how successful Mexican Heritage night was. Now imagine if the Sox played in Las Medias Blancas jerseys or American Giant jerseys for a game or two each year. The Winston-Salem Italian Beef is so corny but would be a fun Sunday jersey. Nike of all companies should be on this, but they for some reason are restricting teams to five jerseys — and we haven't even seen the Southsides, unless I'm forgetting them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 32 minutes ago, Quin said: Considering the other dudes are practicing their moves like crazy, I'd say that this is the ultimate trick move. Bartolo Colon, too. Or the infamous tarp sliding during rain delays that eventually was stopped... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleAleSox Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 Excited for this stuff to disappear from my Twitter timeline. 2 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 32 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said: Excited for this stuff to disappear from my Twitter timeline. About 60 pct of the stuff works….the other 40 pct is rough. Way better than Globetrotters experience though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 On 8/17/2025 at 10:30 AM, JoeC said: I mean, this would qualify as Banana Ball, no?? How can you not love Buehrle. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 On 8/17/2025 at 1:34 PM, PaleAleSox said: Excited for this stuff to disappear from my Twitter timeline. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Mercedes Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 22 hours ago, Rocky said: Curious to know if most of the haters are indeed “old”. Myself being one of them could help indicate age. Choreographed Hot dogging in sports has always been cringe to a lot of people, and this is like the World Series of choreographed hot dogging. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGajewski18 Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 10 minutes ago, Chick Mercedes said: Curious to know if most of the haters are indeed “old”. Myself being one of them could help indicate age. Choreographed Hot dogging in sports has always been cringe to a lot of people, and this is like the World Series of choreographed hot dogging. Enjoy. Thing is the players don't hot dog it. They do trick plays, but when the ball is hit, they run everything out. When I went Saturday night, multiple doubles were hit in the gaps, a HR was hit, pitchers were probably throwing mid 80s. There were plays at the plate, sliding head first. If it wasn't routine or anyone on base (where they would do a trick play most likely), it was a true baseball game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 22 minutes ago, GGajewski18 said: Thing is the players don't hot dog it. They do trick plays, but when the ball is hit, they run everything out. When I went Saturday night, multiple doubles were hit in the gaps, a HR was hit, pitchers were probably throwing mid 80s. There were plays at the plate, sliding head first. If it wasn't routine or anyone on base (where they would do a trick play most likely), it was a true baseball game. Yeah, the dancing and singing is to get people interested online. But then you have real crazy athletic s%*#. Even if it is hot dogging, like, look at this: View this post on Instagram A post shared by RobertAnthony Cruz (@coach.rac) I also think the player that hits/pitches on stilts looks way more impressive when you can see the stilts. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dakota stilts Albritton (@dakota_albritton) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Quin said: Yeah, the dancing and singing is to get people interested online. But then you have real crazy athletic s%*#. Even if it is hot dogging, like, look at this: I also think the player that hits/pitches on stilts looks way more impressive when you can see the stilts. They're all insanely good athletes. It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea and that's absolutely fine but it's super weird that there's actually people complaining about what they're doing. Edited August 22 by Rowand44 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 53 minutes ago, Chick Mercedes said: Curious to know if most of the haters are indeed “old”. Myself being one of them could help indicate age. Choreographed Hot dogging in sports has always been cringe to a lot of people, and this is like the World Series of choreographed hot dogging. Enjoy. It’s more like WWE — sports entertainment. They aren’t really hot dogging to show each other up. They are doing it to entertain the crowd. They are going for family fun and other goofy stuff that will interest children that probably think MLB baseball is too long and boring. However, they are also targeting females with a bunch of young players doing their sexy dances without their jerseys on. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 11 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: It’s more like WWE — sports entertainment. They aren’t really hot dogging to show each other up. They are doing it to entertain the crowd. They are going for family fun and other goofy stuff that will interest children that probably think MLB baseball is too long and boring. However, they are also targeting females with a bunch of young players doing their sexy dances without their jerseys on. 🤣 They're also getting local fanbases absolutely fucking amped by letting them see legends / shows. How excited were people to see Buehrle/AJ/Paulie/Ozzie and a Chance the Rapper concert? There's great humor that any Sox fan would complain about the Bananas considering the impact Bill Veeck (who Jesse Cole cites as an idol) had on the franchise and baseball in general. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 2 hours ago, Chick Mercedes said: Curious to know if most of the haters are indeed “old”. Myself being one of them could help indicate age. Choreographed Hot dogging in sports has always been cringe to a lot of people, and this is like the World Series of choreographed hot dogging. Enjoy. Wasn't Babe Ruth really the first hot dog? Or was it Satchel Paige and Cool Papa Bell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted August 22 Author Share Posted August 22 1 hour ago, Quin said: They're also getting local fanbases absolutely fucking amped by letting them see legends / shows. How excited were people to see Buehrle/AJ/Paulie/Ozzie and a Chance the Rapper concert? There's great humor that any Sox fan would complain about the Bananas considering the impact Bill Veeck (who Jesse Cole cites as an idol) had on the franchise and baseball in general. This right here. 100% this right here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 1 hour ago, Rowand44 said: They're all insanely good athletes. It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea and that's absolutely fine but it's super weird that there's actually people complaining about what they're doing. Some people just hate fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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