Jesse Cole is the founder of Fans First Entertainment and owner of the Savannah Bananas. He has been featured on over 1,000 podcasts and delivers keynote speeches all over the world, and he lives in Georgia and North Carolina with his wife, son, and two daughters.
Finalist for the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the
Year
Named One of the Best Baseball Books of 2023 by Sports
Collectors’ Digest
One of Kirkus' "10 Nonfiction Books To Broaden Your Summer
Reading"
Featured in Garden and Gun's "The Big Southern Summer Reading
List"
“The Savannah Bananas are one of the greatest—and most
improbable—stories in sports. This is the story of how Banana Ball
was born, told by the inventor himself.”—Esquire
“Cole’s belief in Banana Ball shines through on the page, and it
found me ripe for the picking.”—Washington Post
“Jesse Cole…has turned the Savannah Bananas, a minor league
exhibition baseball team, into a world-class case study in
marketing and customer experience…If you want to dig into the
marketing lessons that Cole used to turn a minor league exhibition
team into a sensation, you can start by reading Cole’s latest
book.”—Forbes
“Banana Ball recounts [Cole’s] early passion for the game, how
baseball introduced him to his wife, Emily, and the team’s wacky
2016 launch in the summer collegiate Coastal Plain League…what Cole
hopes readers take away from the book is inspiration to stand
out—with or without a yellow tux”—Atlanta
“To hell with designated hitters: This baseball-like game makes up
the rules as it goes along. This particular circus is reimagining
baseball as a game that not only purists and traditionalists can
love. Anyone who can think outside the diamond will enjoy Cole’s
entertaining yarn.” —Kirkus
“Banana Ball provides an engaging look at the team’s founding and
its “fans first, entertain always” philosophy…Where the book really
scores is when it focuses on Cole’s personal backstory, including
his relationships with his dad and Emily and the early days of
trying to build the Banana empire.” —Associated Press
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