Reese Alexiades and DR Meadows had baseball dreams just like the rest of us – getting to the major leagues.But their journeys took them on a route unimaginable even less than five years ago.Alexiades played college ball at Pepperdine University, while Meadows played for Division II school Columbus State.
Neither played minor league ball, but they now play in front of one of the largest baseball crowds ever.Alexiades and Meadows hit the big time in another way, becoming stars for the Savannah Bananas.Meadows is the organization's all-time leader in "trick plays," while Alexiades plays with a cape on.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMSavannah Bananas Reese Alexiades and DR Meadows meet with children at a children's hospital with Dairy Queen.
(Dairy Queen)Despite selling out MLB ballparks and even playing in front of six-figure crowds at football stadiums, baseball purists will never get on board - unless, Alexiades says, "if they came to a game and caught an out." (If a fan catches a ball on the fly, the batter is out.)But what fans do not understand the most, Meadows says, is that, contrary to popular belief, their games are not "scripted" like, say, the Harlem Globetrotters."There's a huge difference.In our league, all our teams are out to win.
We're very competitive...Just this past weekend, we lost two out of three in Chicago against the Firefighters, and our guys were not happy," Meadows told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.
"At the end of the day, we're there for a bigger picture: to put on a show for the fans, break down the wall for the kids there and put smiles on faces.That's what makes Banana Ball beautiful.
Even though we get to have fun competing, winning and losing, we still get to make somebody's day."No one Meadows and Alexiades' age grew up wanting to be Bananas – but that may have changed by now."One of the big reasons why I fell in love with baseball is looking up to other players.Now kids can look up to us, and what...