Schley Grad is Going Bananas as World's Tallest Baseball Player

By Richard Harris

July 26, 2023

 Back in 2019, Dakota Albritton rose to the height of Georgia high school baseball by competing in the State Championship Series with the Schley County High Wildcats in Savannah's Grayson Stadium. The Cats lost to Gordon Lee, falling just one game shy of a state title. Albritton figured he'd played his last game.
 However, at age 22, he's now back on the diamond inside Grayson Stadium playing for the Savannah Bananas, an exhibition team.
 In doing so, he's reached new heights, literally, as he plays on stilts to transform himself into the world's tallest baseball player at around 10-feet.
 "In 2021 my mom called me and said I had a baseball tryout at Grayson Stadium," said Albritton, recalling how his unique opportunity started. "I was excited but nervous becau...

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