[woodnthings]

I htink you could do that with just the left end of the "L" extended to either side of the work piece enough to hold onto and keep it level; maybe 3" ech side. You don't need the piece underneath.

I disagree. The piece underneath is the carrier support, like a sled. You don't want to "hang the workpiece" by a screw on the just back because the downward force of the teeth may cause it to vibrate and KABLOOEY, the entire thing will self destruct. The sled will end up with two saw kerfs on either side of the ball as shown by the red lines.

 

[woodnthings]

Turn you another one that is about a foot long. That would give you something to hold onto to bandsaw the top. Then when you get it all shaped and sanded cut it to it's finished length.

That may work, but the workpiece has a "ball end" kinda hard to make a series if them with that end on them.
You CAN make them one at a time, if that's what you mean, but you still have the issue of support of a round object which may want to rotate when the blade isn't centered ?
It's hard to know his process for making them. Maybe chuck up a long round and shape the ball, cut it off and start on the next one.

 

[woodnthings]

Rather than use a large piece of “good” stock, I frequently glue a piece of “good” stock to a piece of sacrificial wood; sandwiching a piece of brown paper in-between. I do this when using exotics to reduce waste. The joint separates relatively easily when the job is done and the residual paper can be sanded off. You could still do this to ones you’ve already made and glue a support piece under the ball if necessary. It doesn’t have to be a ton of glue.

We did this when turning bowls in college and it does work as described!
In this case I would use square stock of the same OD, so the bandsaw will cut 90 degrees on either side of center.

 

[woodnthings]

Turn the round first and you'll have no tearout . If you cut the sides first the gouge may jump around and it will prbably leave tear out.
The solutions we have provided will work, and they are safe. Stick with Plan A ....