No. 15 of 2025: They flex, they strut, they pose shirtless — meet the gayest team in baseball
Originally conceived as mere rivals to the Savannah Bananas, the Party Animals have taken on a life of their own and baseball gays are here for it. The post No. 15 of 2025: They flex, they strut, they pose shirtless — meet the gayest team in baseball appeared first on Outsports.
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In just a few years, the Savannah Bananas have gone from an under-the-radar sensation to a nationwide phenomenon, selling out major league ballparks with their wild exhibitions of “Banana Ball” that show off baseball’s fun side at every opportunity.
But this story isn’t about them.
Like any good sports entertainment enterprise, the Bananas need a foil in order to bring their games to life. A Washington Generals to their Harlem Globetrotters.
That’s the template. Except the Bananas’ diamond rivals have given the concept so much zazz that they might be on their way to becoming every gay’s favorite baseball team to ever take the field.
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Dear reader, I give you…The Party Animals.
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With so much going wrong with baseball uniforms in 2024, Nike and Fanatics hit a welcome reset button this season.
You’ve got to love any baseball team whose on-field entrance is giving “back-up dancers who’ve lost their Troye Sivan.”
Also, it appears the Party Animals might have a bit of advice for Nike: If you’re trying to innovate baseball jerseys, buttons should be optional.
Come to think of it, so should the jerseys.
Now, you’re probably thinking “It’s one thing for the Party Animals to go shirtless for a big entrance. But surely, they don’t take their plate appearances barechested?”
Meet Noah Fisher.
Based on appearances, Fisher might have become the first baseball player in history to do a tear-off uniform home run celebration before taking his at bat. And I think we’re all perfectly fine with that.
Former Athletics GM Billy Beane of “Moneyball” fame used to tell his baseball scouts, “We’re not selling jeans here.” Thankfully, in constructing their roster, the Party Animals appear to be doing just that.
This also might explain why the Party Animals are filling 75,000 seat stadiums while Beane’s A’s just moved to Sacramento.
But the Party Animals are more than just a random collection of beefcakes who can hit the ball 400 feet. Some players like Jason Swan also know how to lip sync for their life.
Others like Andy Cosgrove prep for an at bat by channeling their inner Shania.
Beyond all of the razzle dazzle, the Party Animals are innovators on the field, too. While most baseball fans like the pitch clock, I think they would all agree that those 15 seconds could be better spent showing off sickening Lady Gaga choreo.
But perhaps their single greatest contribution to our (very gay) national pastime was getting the whole team together to throw a shirtless Rihanna party under the infield hose.
Here’s an exchange I’ve never had before: “What was your favorite part of the game, Ken?”
“The groundskeeping.”
Any of these clips would be the most fabulous thing in baseball by themselves. Taken together, though, and it’s clear that the Party Animals are in a league of their own when it comes to turning a baseball game gay, gay, gay, gay, gay.
Now we have to do is book them to play the Texas Rangers.
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