Savannah Bananas bringing unique brand of baseball to Salt Lake City
Aug 27, 2024, 7:00 PM | Updated: Aug 29, 2024, 10:04 am
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - JUNE 08: Malachi Mitchell #LightningBolt of the Savannah Bananas, left, slides home against Taj Porter #26 of the Party Animals at Fenway Park on June 08, 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jaiden Tripi/Getty Images)
(Photo by Jaiden Tripi/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY – After selling out Boston’s Fenway Park, Cleveland’s Progressive Field, and Washington D.C.’s Nationals Park earlier in the year, the Savannah Bananas are bringing Banana Ball to Salt Lake City and Smith’s Ballpark, home of the Salt Lake Bees.
A national sensation in recent years, baseball’s version of the Harlem Globetrotters will be at Smith’s Ballpark on August 30 and 31 as the Bananas take on the Party Animals.
Niznik’s got the smoothest slide on this side of the Mississippi 😏 pic.twitter.com/vi98hkBF6B
— Savannah Bananas (@TheSavBananas) August 26, 2024
About the Savannah Bananas
The Bananas play “Banana Ball”. It’s a sport the team calls the “fastest and most entertaining game of baseball.” Banana ball includes players performing choreographed dances during games, wearing kilts, extravagant walk-up introductions, and more.
The Bananas call Grayson Stadium in Savannah, Georgia home. Grayson Stadium is also known as Bananaland.
That looked a little Mahomey 👀@DonalsonJared‘s behind-the-back pitch resulted in an INSANE catch from @_CoachRAC pic.twitter.com/kwzDDgLExm
— Banana Ball (@BananaBall_) August 26, 2024
Bananas games feature “all-you-can-eat hotdogs, hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, water, soda, popcorn, and cookies.”
Before 2022, Savannah played in the Coastal Plain League, a collegiate league played in the summertime. The Bananas left the league to play “Banana Ball” year-round.
The Bananas currently field three teams, the Savannah Bananas, the Party Animals, and the Firefighters. Former MLB players Jonny Gomes, Bill Lee, and Josh Reddick have played for the Bananas.
