NEWS: MrBeast Shocks Savannah Bananas Crowd with Insane Mid-Game Challenges for \$100,000 — Fans Can’t Believe How It Ended!
**SAVANNAH, GA — August 31, 2025**
In what’s already being called one of the wildest nights in sports entertainment history, YouTube megastar **MrBeast** (Jimmy Donaldson) stunned a sold-out crowd at Grayson Stadium during a Savannah Bananas game by launching a **series of outrageous mid-game challenges** — with a staggering **\$100,000 on the line**.
What started as a fun, quirky summer game between the Savannah Bananas and their rival, the Party Animals, quickly turned into a **spectacle of pure chaos, heart, and hilarity** — a fitting tribute to the Bananas’ reputation for unpredictably joyful baseball.
But no one saw *this* coming.
### The Announcement
In the bottom of the third inning, just after the Bananas executed a perfectly choreographed dance between pitches, the stadium lights dimmed. A giant video screen lit up with MrBeast’s signature neon logo.
“Hey Savannah! I’ve got \$100,000 burning a hole in my pocket, and I’m giving it away — right here, *right now*!” he boomed over the speakers. The crowd erupted.
The field transformed within minutes. Inflatable obstacle courses, dunk tanks, and giant foam bats appeared seemingly out of nowhere. MrBeast himself emerged from the third-base dugout, flanked by his usual crew — Chris, Chandler, Karl, and Nolan — all decked out in custom Bananas jerseys.
### The Challenges
The \$100K was split across five wild challenges, each more ridiculous than the last:
1. **Banana Peel Slip ‘n Slide** – Two lucky fans raced down a 50-foot foam-covered slide while trying to catch flying bananas launched from t-shirt cannons. The winner? A 72-year-old grandma from Jacksonville named *Mabel*, who caught three mid-air.
2. **Savannah Showdown Trivia** – Players from both teams teamed up with fans to answer absurdly hard Savannah Bananas trivia. When one player didn’t know the team’s official banana bread recipe, he was pied in the face by MrBeast himself.
3. **Musical Bases** – A Bananas-style twist on musical chairs where players ran between bases to music, and the last one to grab a base was “out.” But instead of leaving, they had to dance for their survival. The Party Animals’ shortstop shocked the crowd with a flawless moonwalk and was allowed back in.
4. **\$50K Banana Bat Challenge** – For the biggest prize of the night, two fans faced off in a home-run derby — but with **banana-shaped bats**. After nine hilariously bad swings apiece, the tie-breaker came when 9-year-old contestant *Leo Sanchez* hit a dribbler past third base — just enough to win. MrBeast handed him a **\$50,000 check** on the spot.
5. **The Final Twist** – Just when everyone thought it was over, MrBeast announced one final surprise: *”If the Bananas win tonight’s game, I’ll DOUBLE the prize money to \$200,000 and donate it to children’s hospitals across Georgia.”*
### The Perfect Ending
The game resumed — and in classic Bananas fashion, things got weird. The Bananas’ pitcher threw an underhand backflip pitch for a strikeout. The third baseman caught a foul ball while doing a handstand. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, the Bananas were down by one.
Then it happened.
**Savannah’s own Malik “Mango” Jefferson** smashed a walk-off banana bat homer — literally: the bat exploded into yellow foam as the ball cleared the fence.
The crowd went **ballistic**.
Confetti rained down. MrBeast sprinted to the mound, hoisting Malik onto his shoulders. And just like that, **\$200,000 was headed to children’s hospitals** — and the Savannah Bananas had pulled off the most unforgettable ending of their season.
### Social Media Meltdown
Twitter (or X), TikTok, and Instagram lit up instantly:
> *“MrBeast x Savannah Bananas is the crossover I didn’t know I needed.”*
> *“I laughed, I cried, I slipped on a foam banana. 10/10 night.”*
> *“Still screaming. That ending? ICONIC.”*
One fan summed it up best:
> *“It was the perfect Savannah Bananas ending. I still can’t believe it actually happened.”*
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