Savannah Bananas coming to Coors Field as baseball phenomenon makes Denver debut
Denver Post
A baseball phenomenon is coming to Coors Field next summer.
The Savannah Bananas will play in LoDo on Aug. 9 and 10, bringing their zany, entertaining style of play to Denver for the first time as part of a summer tour to 18 MLB stadiums and three football stadiums.
Banana Ball is an unconventional style of baseball focused on fun and excitement that originated at Grayson Stadium in Savannah, Georgia, in 2020. The atypical approach has exploded in popularity in the four years since, and has since added new teams to their fold in the Party Animals, the Firefighters and the Texas Tailgaters.
The most famous rule of Banana Ball is that if a fan catches a foul ball, it’s an out. Other unique spins on the traditional game include rules on no stepping out of the box during an at-bat, no bunting, and batters can steal first base.
There are no walks or mound visits in the fast-paced game, and The Golden Batter Rule also allows each team to send any hitter in the lineup to bat in any spot, allowing a premier hitter to come up in a key situation even if he’s not due up in the order.
Each game has a two-hour time limit, and every inning except the last one is worth one point, with that point going to the team that scored the most runs in the frame. Dancing, trick plays, hilarious celebrations and more funny wrinkles are also part of the show, which was played at six MLB stadiums this year.
Sellouts are expected at every venue in 2025, and games are also expected to feature former major league players. There is a lottery to enter to get tickets, which puts fans into a random drawing that takes place two months before the game at each respective venue. The lottery closes on Nov. 1.