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Banana Ball
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2025 2:18 pm
by Ritterskoop
You guys, I went to see the Savannah Bananas last night in our football stadium, and they are a TOTAL HOOT.
They are live on ESPN2 tonight from 7-9pm ET.
I recommend, enthusiastically. If you get a chance to see them live, if it's in a football stadium, only go if you are at the end of the arena near the diamond. The atmosphere at the other end of the arena was still joyous, but clearly, folks there didn't get the same experience we did, behind home plate.
The dancing home plate umpire is worth the price of admission (ours was $60 or $40, and sold out two games in four hours).
Re: Banana Ball
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2025 5:26 pm
by Beebs52
Skoop!!! Watching right now. This shit is AWESOME!
Re: Banana Ball
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2025 11:37 am
by Ritterskoop
It was even better in person, as I could not stop watching the dancing home plate ump. On TV, they kept insisting on trying to film it like you would a normal game.
But still. Pretty cool.
Re: Banana Ball
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2025 4:41 pm
by mrkelley23
When we went last year, the most amazing thing to me was how talented the players on both teams were. This was at least AA-quality baseball, even without the trick plays.
Some of the fun rules, for any who haven't seen this insanity:
If a player hits a foul ball into the stands and a fan catches it, the batter is out.
If a batter walks, he may advance as far as he wants, at risk of being tagged out. But the defense must throw the ball around so that all nine players touch it before the batter-runner can be tagged out.
Re: Banana Ball
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2025 8:08 am
by Ritterskoop
More Banana Ball tonight, 7pm ET, on ESPN2 plus some other Disney networks and maybe a YouTube option. They are playing in DC, and have a new opponent, the Firefighters.
Re: Banana Ball
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2025 8:12 am
by Ritterskoop
mrkelley23 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 08, 2025 4:41 pm
When we went last year, the most amazing thing to me was how talented the players on both teams were. This was at least AA-quality baseball, even without the trick plays.
Some of the fun rules, for any who haven't seen this insanity:
If a player hits a foul ball into the stands and a fan catches it, the batter is out.
If a batter walks, he may advance as far as he wants, at risk of being tagged out. But the defense must throw the ball around so that all nine players touch it before the batter-runner can be tagged out.
Former Reds player Sean Casey took an at-bat last month and did this, gaining a walk. He actually tore his hamstring off the bone rounding first, trying for second.