There’s going bananas for baseball, and then there’s going Savannah Bananas for baseball.
The dancing, circus-like sports activities staff is without doubt one of the hottest stadium tickets within the trade, promoting out each single sport since its first season in 2016. And for these of you itching to see what the tomfoolery is all about however simply have not but snagged the sought-after ticket, now’s your probability to attempt.
That’s as a result of the Savannah Bananas are hitting the lengthy highway and taking its distinctive type of play to 18 Major League Baseball stadiums and three soccer stadiums subsequent yr, a giant bounce from the small venues through which they sometimes play.
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“Our purpose has all the time been to be Fans First and to take Banana Ball to as many followers as attainable,” Bananas proprietor Jesse Cole mentioned in a information launch, per USA Today. “Now, to be at a few of the largest stadiums in all the nation, these venues are one thing we by no means may have imagined. We know they are going to present an electrical environment which can create some unforgettable nights for our followers.”
Stops on the “2025 World Tour” embody the Tennessee Titans’ Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Carolina Panthers’ Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, Clemson’s Memorial Stadium in South Carolina, St. Louis Cardinals’ Busch Stadium and, after all, the Historic Grayson Stadium in Savannah.
In saying the tour on Thursday, the Bananas additionally shared {that a} new staff, the Texas Tailgaters, can be becoming a member of them, alongside their affiliated groups Party Animals and the Firefighters.
To enter to your probability to win tickets, you have to affix the Ticket Lottery listing right here by Nov. 1. This places hopeful attendees into random drawings that happen two months earlier than their occasion, giving the chosen group an opportunity to buy tickets.
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The Savannah Bananas have made a reputation for themselves since beginning as a easy summer season league for faculty gamers. Now a year-round factor, the staff has turn into akin to a baseball model of the Harlem Globetrotters, with its Banana Ball promising to be the “quickest and most entertaining” within the sport.
Rules for Banana Ball embody a two-hour time restrict, no bunting, no stepping out and no stealing first. Fans who come to video games can additionally problem calls and catch foul balls for outs. But if they are not that into the sporting factor, they can nonetheless anticipate to see a choreographed dance, pitchers on stilts, gamers in kilts and a “Banana Baby,” which happens when the staff lifts up a child in a banana costume and sings “The Circle of Life” from the “Lion King.”
You can even rely on seeing some acquainted MLB faces, with Jonny Gomes, Ryan Howard, Roger Clemens, Bill Lee, Josh Reddick and extra enjoying in some video games.
For your probability to see all of it in particular person, this is the total Savannah Banana schedule:
- Feb. 1-2: Mesa, Arizona
- Feb. 6-8: Glendale, Arizona
- Feb. 14-16: Fort Myers, Florida
- Feb. 21-23: Savannah, Georgia
- March 1-2: Miami, Florida
- March 7-9: Savannah, Georgia
- March 15-16: Tampa Bay, Florida
- March 21-23: Savannah, Georgia
- March 29-30: Atlanta, Georgia
- April 4-5: St. Louis, Missouri
- April 11-13: Savannah, Georgia
- April 17-18: Savannah, Georgia
- April 26: Clemson, South Carolina
- May 2-4: Savannah, Georgia
- May 10: Nashville, Tennessee
- May 23-24: Kansas City, Missouri
- May 30-31: Anaheim, California
- June 7: Charlotte, North Carolina
- June 13-14: Cincinnati, Ohio
- June 19-21: Savannah, Georgia
- June 27-28: Washington, D.C.
- July 5-6: Boston, Massachusetts
- July 10-12: Savannah, Georgia
- July 26-27: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Aug. 1-2: Baltimore, Maryland
- Aug. 9-10: Denver, Colorado
- Aug. 15-16: Chicago, Illinois
- Aug. 21-23: Savannah, Georgia
- Aug. 29-30: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Sept. 5-6: San Diego, California
- Sept. 13-14: Bronx, New York
- Sept. 19-20: Seattle, Washington
- Sept. 26-27: Houston, Texas
