BALTIMORE The capacity crowd of more than 45,000 fans at Oriole Park at Camden Yards stood, celebrating a walk-off home run.

There had been a buzz at the stadium all night. It started hours before first pitch, as fans packed merchandise booths and waited in food lines as soon as the gates opened. They were the kinds of lines typically seen on opening day and in October.

The game, last Saturday night, was closely contested. When it was over, the fans reluctantly headed to their cars.

They were not here to see an Orioles game (the Orioles had trouble selling out their two home playoff games last year) or even an MLB game.

They were here to see the Savannah Bananas, an independent barnstorming group of professionals who have, in their founder Jesse Cole’s words, “removed the friction in

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