Has anyone been to or watched a Savannah Bananas show?

[kdonnel]

My family and I got back from a great afternoon of Banana Ball.

The Savannah Bananas and The Party Animals put on a great show. I like how they referred to it as a show and introduced the cast.

The Banana Ball rules made the baseball part so much more entertaining. Some of the ones I found that made the game portion more entertaining:

A foul ball caught by a fan is an out. It happened during the show I attended and a couple innings later the fan was brought out on the field to receive congratulations and praise from all the fans.

There are no walks, instead there are sprints. As soon as the umpire calls ball four the player starts running. The ball has to be touched by all 9 players before the play ends so often times a sprint results in a player on 2nd.

Score is not based on total runs but instead innings are won or lost. As soon as the second team to bat in the inning scores one more run than the other team during their at bat the inning ends and a point is awarded. If the game makes it to the 9th inning then it is unique in that any run scored is awarded a point.

There is a strict 2 hour time limit. No new inning can start after 1hr 50mins and any inning started before the 2 hour clock runs out is played to completion. That means games have a predictable length.

I think there are 11 or 12 rules that differentiate banana ball from mlb baseball rules.

They are on there 2024 World Tour at the moment and might be playing at a city close by to you in the future. If you can get tickets I think you will find it highly entertaining.

 

[happybaker]

We put our names on the waitlist year to get tickets when they were in Miane. My DH made it to the lottery round, but we didn't get tickets. We tried watching parts of a couple of games last year, but it looks like it's more fun to be there than watching it on tv.

 

[kdonnel]

We did not win the lottery but some friends who did were not able to attend so we bought the tickets from them.

 

[tvguy]

We put our names on the waitlist year to get tickets when they were in Miane. My DH made it to the lottery round, but we didn't get tickets. We tried watching parts of a couple of games last year, but it looks like it's more fun to be there than watching it on tv.

My wife signed up for the lottery too and we did not win a chance to buy tickets.

 

[focusondisney]

They’re coming here in July for the first time. So I have a few more months to wait before I find out if I will get a chance in the ticket lottery.

 

[#1hoosierfan]

Our names are in for the lottery for this summer.

 

[luvnwdwgal]

No idea what you’re talking about

 

[kdonnel]

No idea what you’re talking about

The Savannah Bananas are baseball in the spirit of The Harlem Globe Trotters.

 

[Disneefun]

We went last year and I was... underwhelmed. I'd seen some of their games on ESPN+ and it looked like a hoot, but in person it just wasn't as good. We got lucky and got free tickets through a work event. I mean, it was entertaining, but nothing I'd do again.

Maybe they were having an off night or something, but the jokes and antics just weren't that great and the tiktok dance stuff just got repetitive. The game was good and I like how they speed up regular baseball, but I'd say that they may perform better when they know they're being broadcast than when they're just playing a regular game.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I'm signed up for the lottery when they come here. Thanks for the cool info!!

 

[sibesx2]

We went a couple of weeks ago and were also underwhelmed. The dancing got old after a couple of innings and they started replaying the music about halfway through. It felt like they oversold tickets so it was hard to find a seat. That put a damper on the whole thing right off the bat. I heard some people say that they never found a seat and had to stand the whole game. I also heard that people started lining up to get in hours before the gate opened.

That said they were out before and after the game signing autographs and taking pictures which was fun for the kids.

 

[focusondisney]

So there are supposed to be 5 games in Buffalo in July. The emails said we won’t know if we’re in the lottery to even have a chance to buy tickets til 2 months before, so probably early May. Apparently groups get tickets before any one else. I heard from 2 family members today that people they know of have already bought & have group tickets in hand. And that there are several already up on resale sites ….. $35 tickets listed for $350. So the public won’t even know if they can get a chance to buy tickets for another 5-6 weeks & they’re already being scalped. Already leaving a bad impression.

 

[footballmouse]

I had my name on the waitlist last year but wasn't able to move off of that. This year I'm actually in the lottery for a couple of places over the summer. ESPN shows crazy sports for a week once a year, that's how I was able to watch a game. It looks to be a lot of fun. Fingers crossed we get tickets but I did receive an email saying the my request of 6 tickets might be hard to get. We'll see.

 

[kdonnel]

So there are supposed to be 5 games in Buffalo in July. The emails said we won’t know if we’re in the lottery to even have a chance to buy tickets til 2 months before, so probably early May. Apparently groups get tickets before any one else. I heard from 2 family members today that people they know of have already bought & have group tickets in hand. And that there are several already up on resale sites ….. $35 tickets listed for $350. So the public won’t even know if they can get a chance to buy tickets for another 5-6 weeks & they’re already being scalped. Already leaving a bad impression.

Ticketmaster and stubhub had zero resales for the shows by me. But it did appear that business sponsors got large blocks of tickets. The person I bought from got 100 tickets for their company. They sold 10 of them at face value.

 

[SandyinMonterey]

My husband's friends son who lives in Savannah has season tickets. I've heard nothing but great things about it.

 

[focusondisney]

Ticketmaster and stubhub had zero resales for the shows by me. But it did appear that business sponsors got large blocks of tickets. The person I bought from got 100 tickets for their company. They sold 10 of them at face value.

This is 1 that she saw. $35 General Admission, listed for $359 each. I think most people that get lucky enough to get tickets will want to go themselves. I doubt there will be many for resale here either, so any that do will probably be crazy expensive.

 

[xjillianpaige]

I thought the tickets couldn't be resold. I got an early set of four in presale as a Red Sox season ticket holder - my instagram posts gave a lot of people anxiety that they weren't picked for the lottery. my family will go so hopefully all my friends will get lottery and can get tickets.

 

[kdonnel]

I thought the tickets couldn't be resold. I got an early set of four in presale as a Red Sox season ticket holder - my instagram posts gave a lot of people anxiety that they weren't picked for the lottery. my family will go so hopefully all my friends will get lottery and can get tickets.

They can not be listed on Ticketmaster or stubhub but apparently other smaller ticket broker sites allow it.

The tickets can be transferred from one person to another as was done when I bought the tickets from a friend.

 

[Dead2009]

Ive never been to a live game but Ive watched them on YouTube. I don't get the appeal to be honest.

 

[bbeagle]

So there are supposed to be 5 games in Buffalo in July. The emails said we won’t know if we’re in the lottery to even have a chance to buy tickets til 2 months before, so probably early May. Apparently groups get tickets before any one else. I heard from 2 family members today that people they know of have already bought & have group tickets in hand. And that there are several already up on resale sites ….. $35 tickets listed for $350. So the public won’t even know if they can get a chance to buy tickets for another 5-6 weeks & they’re already being scalped. Already leaving a bad impression.

Here's the deal with tickets for Savannah Bananas. I've pieced this together over learning about it the past couple of months. It's very complicated.

They have this thing called the K-club where people can sign up to buy tickets before the year begins. And there is a waiting list to join the K-club! For 2024 tickets, you had to sign up in early 2023, be accepted, pay a fee of $60. Then in October 2023, you were given 3 time-slots where you could buy tickets in any city they played in 2024.

Then, in November, through some process Little Leagues in the markets where they play get a set of allotted tickets. Then sponsors get a set of allotted tickets. And some season-ticket holders of the stadium the game is played get chances for tickets.

During this, people who are not part of the K-club or little leagues or sponsors can put their name on a lottery list that closes December 1. A drawing is held 1-2 months ahead of the event where it seems less than 10% of people who put in their information get chosen. So for Buffalo's early July games (just 3 games - July 5, 6, 7) the lottery was held in early May.

I signed up for the K-club for 2025. If I get chosen, it will be easier to get tickets next year. I didn't win the lottery this year, although I did win tickets for this year through our local little league my son plays in.

My tickets won't be ready until 24 hours before the game on July 6. I was given a Bananaball account, and I can see that I have tickets to the game, but I can't print any QR codes or anything until July 5. And my name is on the account and the tickets. Supposedly, they will match the name to the account holder. But I doubt it. When the mad rush of people try to get in, I expect they'll just scan the QR codes and let people in, and not match driver's licenses - will take too long.

So if you buy from StubHub, somehow StubHub will have to transfer the tickets from the original owner and create a new banana ball account for you. Not sure how that works. When I got it from the league, they asked for my email address, and I got a confirmation email minutes later saying I need to set up my banana ball account within the next 24 hours. I did, and immediately had proof that I had tickets in my account a few minutes later.