Meet the man behind the Savannah Bananas' moves - ESPN

IT'S THE MIDDLE of the sixth inning at Texas A&M's Kyle Field, the fourth-largest football stadium in the country, and the Savannah Bananas are leading the Texas Tailgaters 3-0. There's a chance some in this throng of 102,000 came to College Station to watch great baseball in early May. But the majority, many of whom arrived at the stadium more than seven hours before game time, are here for what comes next.

Players from both teams sprint into formation as Diplo drops a beat from a set of turntables at second base. Country-hip hop influencer Adrien Nunez strides in from right field belting the opening line of a song he and the multitime Grammy winner just debuted at Stagecoach. Nunez drops to one knee as the Bananas' dancing first-base coach, Maceo Harrison, jogs toward him, side flips over his head and lands in sync with the surrounding performers.

The crowd erupts. But what these fans likely don't know is that Harrison taught the roughly 50 dancers on the field with him, including both teams' players, every step of this routine yesterday. Before joining Banana Ball, few of them had any dance or theatrical training. Now, they perform with the polish of a seasoned touring company.

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That's because Harrison deftly designs routines that emphasize charisma over technical precision and spotlight the teams' natural showmen while camouflaging the players with two left feet. He also has the rare skill set — and patience — to teach dances to athletes who, not long ago, didn't know an 8-count from a full count. Sometimes he has mere hours to choreograph and just as little time to teach his