The Savannah Bananas, Baseball’s Zaniest Team, Are Now Worth Half A Billion Dollars
The barnstorming organization is generating more than $100 million in revenue—but its yellow-tuxedo-wearing owner, Jesse Cole, is more concerned with chasing a billion fans than a billion-dollar valuation. Inside Yankee Stadium on a warm September night, Savannah Bananas owner Jesse Cole takes the field in front of a rapt crowd of 49,000. It’s time for…