Ruby Kellogg nearly broke into a sprint when the gates opened at a pre-game celebration for the Savannah Bananas in parking lot B at Rate Field on Saturday.

The 14-year-old Minnesotan was among the first in line to get autographs from some of the Georgia-based baseball players, whose dancing, flips and tricks have earned comparisons to basketball’s Harlem Globetrotters. After several “man-nana” male cheerleaders cut a yellow ribbon at the entrance, she was laser-focused, telling herself, “Walk really fast, but don’t fall down.”

“I do a lot of sports and sometimes they get a little boring, so when I can go home and watch the Savannah Bananas, it gets my mood a little happier,” Ruby said of the athletes, who have become like rock stars, thanks in part to social media. “It’s just fun to wat

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