Games played for entertainment and spectacle rather than league standings — the category the Savannah Bananas have transformed into a stadium-filling phenomenon with Banana Ball’s dances and trick plays. Exhibition baseball gave Jackson Olson, signed in 2022 after the MLB draft passed him by, the ideal stage: a format where his personality and social-media flair count as much as his infield skills.
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