CLEVELAND, Ohio – Banana ball is back.
The Savannah Bananas – the fun-loving, twist-the-rules, modern-day clown princes of baseball – are returning to Cleveland to play a pair of games in 2026. The Bananas will play the Indianapolis Clowns at Progressive Field on Sept. 25-26. Times are to be determined.
Banana-ball rules are creative, to say the least: The team with the most runs in an inning gets a point, winning the inning – except for the final inning, when all runs count. If the hitter steps out of the box, it’s a strike. No bunting is allowed, but batters can steal first on a passed ball or wild pitch. And in the effort of time constraints, no mound visits are permitted, and a two-hour time limit is in place. In what might be the most interactive rule in any sport, if a fan catches a foul ball, the batter is out.
A 2026 Banana Ball ticket lottery list is open until Friday, Oct. 31. Go to bananaball.com/tickets.
When the Bananas are playing in Cleveland, the Guardians will be in Kansas City for their final – and potentially pivotal – three games of the 2026 season.
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