Are The Savannah Bananas A Real Baseball Team?

Savannah Bananas is neither a minor league team nor a college baseball team. They provide college players oppurtunities to play in a summer league with wooden bats. 

They do not represent a college. But, athletes join the Bananas team from different college and university baseball programs.

The Coastal Plain League is a collegiate summer baseball league in which the Bananas play. The team decided to end their collegiate amateur summer league team in August 2022 and play their special brand of baseball, Banana Ball.

Former Giants outfielder Hunter Pence Savannah Bananas hits a grounder during the Savannah Bananas World Tour. He was a surprise appearance at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on Saturday, July 29, 2023,

Dan Simon designed the Savannah team's logo. The mascot of Savanah Bananas is named Split.

Savannah Banana's minor league team had never formed. They have not taken any affiliation with Major Clubs. The club is more focused on fast and entertaining baseball, and they challenge the things which are supposed to be. 

Their opponents are Party Animals, Harlem Globetrotters, and the Washington Generals. They compete against the Party Animals in their home games and the majority of their away contests.

However, The Bananas also compete against rivals from other countries, professional teams, and independent pro minor league teams while on the road. The Bananas will have performed 70 games on their 2023 Banana Ball World Tour. It will include 30 games in Savannah, in 33 cities across 21 states.

In Minor League stadiums, the Bananas frequently play away games but have yet to play in big-league ballparks. According to owner Jesse Cole, it is likely to happen in 2024 as The Boston Red Sox, among other teams, have shown interest in hosting the Bananas in their stadiums.

Savannah Bananas game time is 2 hours long since the start of 2023. The new rule states no new inning may begin after 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Tor to fit everything within two hours, he built the game to be played more quickly. It emphasizes only the aspects baseball fans love while omitting those they don't.

This implies that players are not permitted to leave the batter's box at any point during their at-bats. A hitter is immediately removed from the game if he tries to bunt in the game.

After one hour and fifty minutes, a new inning won't start. If they can't complete nine innings in that time, the game will be decided by whatever team has won the most innings. This new rule helps to decide the winner of the match within the estimated time.

Time Taken on 14th August Game in Dunkin Park

The Savannah Bananas baseball team played at Hartford's Dunkin Park on Monday, 14th of August. They visited Connecticut to play against The Party Animals.

The Dunk hosted Monday's Bananas Ball World Tour game, which began at 7 PM. The tickets were entirely sold out for the 272nd time in a row. 

The Bananas tied the game in the ninth inning when behind 4-3 to set up the finals. It was just over the 2 minutes left on the clock.

Even though the Savannah Bananas don't use extra innings, they did provide fans with a tie-ball game after nine innings. Instead of traditional extra innings, Banana Ball features a "Showdown" in which each team gets one at-bat while just one fielder is on defense. 

Eric Jones grounded a groundball to the empty shortstop area during the third-round showdown. The Bananas easily raced around the bases for the victory.

Savannah Bananas Backflip Catch

Savannah Bananas Hartford game spectate the craziest baseball catch ever. Bananas always do some extra in the field but this one is extraordinary.

DR meadows savannah bananas age is 25 years. He is now famous in social media including Twitter because of his sensational catch in the Hartford game.

Meadows grabbed an incoming ball headed his way in center field and performed a standing backflip while still holding the ball in his glove. He then quickly rose to his feet and the crowd went wild at what they had just seen.

Savannah Banana Tickets are so expensive because it has introduced a new style of fun in the ballpark. The tickets prices start between $60 to $150.

The price of the tickets can skyrocket to more than $300 in some matches. Tickets for away games cost much more, starting at over $200 and rising up to over $300. 

Some of the new trends that Savannah has introduced which make baseball more exciting and fun are:

• Trick pitchers
• Bean bag catchers
• Dancing Savannah Bananas Umpires
• Players driving tractors
• Unique Choreographed dance by players
• Sometimes they play in kilts
• They have their own brand of beer, split, and banana cream soda.
• Their ballpark is ad-free.
• Rules of 2 hour limit 

These new trends in the stadium increase the fun in the stadium to that of the traditional ballpark. Though the ticket for Savannah Banana is expensive, it really worth it.

Ticket Price for Savannah Bananas games in the month of August and September is listed below:

In GA’s Grayson Stadium:

• Wednesday, Aug. 30 vs. the Party Animals at 7 p.m. Ticket Price: $250
• Friday, Sept. 1 vs. the Party Animals at 7 p.m. Ticket Price: $276
• Saturday, Sept. 2 vs. the MLB Players Alumni Association at 7 p.m. Ticket Price: $276
• Monday, Sept. 4 vs. the Party Animals at 7 p.m. Ticket Price: $253

These are the coming 4 home matches of Savannah with an average ticket price of $259.

In Road:

• Friday, Aug. 18 vs. the Party Animals at Hadlock Field in Portland, ME. Ticket Price: $250
• Friday, Aug. 25 vs. the Party Animals at Principal Park in Des Moines, IA. Ticket Price: $303
• Saturday, Aug. 26 vs. the Party Animals at Principal Park in Des Moines, IA. Ticket Price: $354
• Friday, Sept. 8 vs. the Milwaukee Milkmen at Franklin Field WI in Franklin, WI. Ticket Price: $400

These are the coming 4 away matches of Savannah with an average ticket price of $327.

So, on average Savannah Bananas ticket costs around $292 analyzing the coming 8 games.

How To Buy Savannah Banana Tickets?

Savannah Banana Tickets can be directly bought from their official website. It costs only $25 and VIP tickets cost only $75 if you bought a ticket from the official page.

However, you need to wait for a long time as the waiting list for the ticket is huge. An astounding 50,000 people are waiting to get tickets at the club. The tickets for home matches in 2023 have been all sold out.

If you want to buy tickets, you can consult with third parties. These tickets are expensive. For example in the secondary market, TicketIQ sold tickets for Savannah bananas with a refund guarantee.

Tickets can also be purchased at an elevated price on resale websites like Vivid Seats and StubHub. As Primamry market single game tickets have already sold out, fans need to buy tickets from these sources to witness the crazy Banana Ball.

Savannah Bananas schedule 2024 will be announced this October and the 2024 tickets will be put on sale afterward.