The Bananas “are the greatest baseball team in the world because they’re not boring,” said Robb Herrelson
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- Robb Herrelson, an 81-year-old baseball coach in Missouri, submitted a tryout video to Georgia’s Savannah Bananas
- The viral exhibition club team is known for its players performing choreographed dances and doing trick plays
- “This has always been a dream of mine,” Herrelson said
A Missouri man is dreaming of fields on which he’s playing baseball for the Savannah Bananas, a viral sensation team known for on-field antics.
Robb Herrelson, an 81-year-old baseball coach in Gravois Mills, recently submitted a tryout video in hopes of being recruited by the flashy exhibition club team, whose players perform choreographed dances to hit songs from Taylor Swift, Mariah Carey and other artists in the middle of their games.
“You can watch baseball and fall asleep on the couch, but you don’t fall asleep with the Bananas playing,” he told local news outlet KRCG.
Herrelson also touted his own entertaining on-field trick to the outlet.
“I hit the ball and I jump on that bike and I take off,” said the longtime baseball fan, before demonstrating the skill on his yellow bike.
He added, “The game is made to have fun — that’s what the Bananas do.”
The Bananas — who sell out stadiums and have more than 22 million combined followers on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube — are not only known for their music-infused walk-ups from hitters. The players also go viral for celebrating scores with dance breaks and doing trick plays.
The team also brings in celebrity performers. Artists who have performed at Bananas games in the past year include Chance the Rapper, The All-American Rejects, 50 Cent, Train, Big Time Rush and Dierks Bentley.
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The team did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment regarding Herrelson's video.
Herrelson, who started coaching in 1993 when his son was in Little League, is still waiting to hear back from the Bananas.
“This has always been a dream of mine,” he told KRCG, adding that the Bananas “are the greatest baseball team” because ”they're not boring.”
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