Storylines are the games, characters are the players, good guys (bananas) vs. bad guys (whatever that team is called). So, yes.

let me amend that to long-term storylines. I'm skeptical about the characters/bad guys as well. Does anyone know the names of the Bananas players (as they did the Globetrotters in the day)? What makes the other team bad guys? - sounds like they play along, they don't cheat or get mad at the Bananas

which also raises the question, would Banana Ball be more popular if it were scripted? Like if every high-leverage at-bat resulted in a big strikeout or hit or great defensive play, instead of a week grounder to second?

*weak* dangit