Coach Mike Vavasis, Dalton Ponce, and Dustin Baber join us to discuss the 2025 Championship, Coach Vava's Incredible Draft Strategy and more! Welcome to the Party Animals Takeover Episode!! During the offseason, we are doing a takeover episode for each team. Last week we did the Coconuts, and we will have more coming in the next few weeks! The Banana Breakdown is a Weekly Live Show Dedicated to Bringing you Interviews with the BEST in Banana Ball, Providing Breakdowns of each game during the season, and covering all the Banana Ball News in Depth! Welcome to the Show!! We are so glad to have you here!Time Stamps: 0:00: Intro4:52: Dalton Ponce - Full Interview50:18: Coach Vava - Full Interview1:30:57: Dustin Baber - Full InterviewThis podcast is a proud part of Deseret Noise Co.https://deseretnoisecompany.com/

Ashby Vining was the superstar catcher for the Visitors in 2025. Now he was drafted in Round 2 for the Loco Beach Coconuts, the newest team in the league with the Savannah Bananas. Here were his thoughts on being drafted!

The Loco Beach Coconuts are one of the brand new teams joining the Savannah Bananas in the Banana Ball Championship League next year. Coach Mark Crocco will be their head coach and he joins us today to discuss some fun topics such as: -Draft Strategy-What it's been like working with Shane Victorino-What it means to be a Coconut-Discussing lots of details about his players-and more!!We had a great conversation with Mark Crocco, thanks for coming on!

Tanner Allen sits down with us to tell the story of how he made it to Banana Ball with the newest team, the Loco Beach Coconuts. You won't want to miss this one!

We were joined by Ben Parker who was drafted by the Loco Beach coconuts in the first round! He will share his story of how he got to Banana Ball, his viewpoint on the draft, and more!Shop Merch Now: https://banana-breakdown-shop.fourthwall.com/

Drake Fontenot was selected as the #2 overall draft pick in the 2026 Banana Ball Player Draft! He will be joining us on this livestream to discuss being selected for the Coconuts, playing for the Visitors, and more! Can't wait to have him on the show!Niko Hulsizer was selected by the Indianapolis Clowns last night! He will be joining us on the livestream to discuss being selected to the Clowns and more!! Can't wait to talk with him!We will also be breaking down the full 2026 lineups after the last picks are revealed tomorrow! Can't wait to break down all the picks with you all!!Follow Drake Fontenot on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_drakefontenot/Follow Niko Hulsizer on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hh_12_/

This was our live raw reaction to the 2026 Banana Ball Player Draft! What do you think of the picks these teams made?

Sunshine Luders, Taj Porter, and Zach Bridges were chosen as Fan Picks and are LOCKED in for their teams next year! They join us on this livestream to discuss the Fan Picks! Each team had the fans select 3 players that they wanted to keep on their teams in 2026. It's gonna be a crazy time the next few weeks as we see what will happen with the draft!Follow these Fan Picks on Social Media: Follow Sunshine Luders Here: https://www.instagram.com/sunshineluders/Follow Taj Porter Here: https://www.instagram.com/_tajporter_/Follow Zach Bridges Here: https://www.instagram.com/zbridges88/Banana Breakdown is a weekly livestream podcast dedicated to bringing you everything you need to know about banana ball through player interviews and game breakdowns! Join us on our YouTube Channel for our weekly livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/@bananabreakdownpodcast?sub_confirmation=1

With the Banana Ball Draft coming up in a few weeks, we wanted to break down what we know about the 2026 draft and speculate on who we think will be selected to stay with their team.

Dustin Baber is an incredible part of Bananaland from his amazing trick plays, iconic green vest, and his beer chug each game. Join as we hear his full story of making it to bananaland!