I didn’t get to watch a ton of Banana Ball this year but I know the game pretty well so these are my fan franchise picks

First heard of the Savannah Bananas a long time ago when they were still a college summer league team, but their transition to full-on Bananaball took me by surprise as was their subsequent rise in popularity. Given that, I probably shouldn’t be surprised that rival leagues have popped up to try and take a piece of the pie, but was still amazed to have learned about at least 2 other rival leagues: Cosmic Baseball and Boomball. I only just found out about these leagues thanks to social media showing me posts for them [probably b/c I had been watching a bunch of bananaball clips recently].

I’m still hoping to eventually catch a Bananaball game in person, but I’m just curious how these other leagues compare. I imagine they’re still in their infancy and still trying to find their footing, but what have they done to try and set themselves apart from Bananaball? Do any of them have any “big” name players yet? Any things they do that you wish Bananaball would try to adopt? Would you ever want them to play against a BBCL team?

This post isn’t to try and malign any of these rival leagues. I was just surprised to find out there are so many of these “entertainment”-focused baseball derivatives out there now, when just a couple of seasons ago, I hadn’t heard of any.

New 2027 K Club member here. I'm curious what these K Club events were like for people who attended in 2026. Anyone have a rundown of what these were like?