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Members of the Savannah Bananas dance before a game against the Party Animals at Fenway Park on June 8, 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jaiden Tripi/Getty Images)

ATLANTA – Get ready to go bananas, Atlanta.

The Savannah Bananas have announced their 2025 Banana Ball World Tour and the team is headed to Truist Park.

The team, which has packed stadiums across the country with its baseball shenanigans, will play two games at the home of the Braves on March 29 and 30.

This year the team also heads to the NFL stadiums, heading to the 69,000-seat Nissan Stadium in Nashville, home of the Tennessee Titans, followed by the 75,000-seat Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, home of the Tennessee Titans . Carolina Panthers, on June 7.

The Bananas will also play 30 games in their home base of Savannah, the quirky coastal city of Georgia where they were founded in 2016. They play in the 5,000-seat Grayson Stadium, which opened in 1926.

“It’s our home,” said team owner Jesse Cole. “We have over 200 people who travel with us around the country, but we always come back to Savannah. It’s by far the smallest stadium we play in, but it’s where it all started for us.”

The Bananas will have a new opponent next season as a team known as the Texas Tailgaters will join the Party Animals and Firefighters. Cole now plans to start his own circuit, the Banana Ball Championship League, with two more teams coming on board in 2026.

Since games are in high demand, the team has created a lottery system through which you can buy tickets.

You can register for the lottery here. The random drawing will take place approximately two months before the event.

The full program for the coming season can be found here.

Who are the Savannah Bananas?

The Bananas, which started as a summer league team for college players, have become a touring sensation with their carnival version of the game, featuring choreographed dance routines, players on stilts and unusual rules such as counting the outs when a fan catches a ball. foul ball in the stands.

Among the rules: a two-hour time limit for games, no bunts, batters having the opportunity to try to steal first, no stepping out of the penalty box, no mound visits, and a scoring system that awards a point to the team that hits the ball places. scored the most runs each inning.

The team quickly gained a following through social media platforms such as TikTok. The team’s crazy videos have attracted some two million followers on Instagram – 200,000 more than Major League Baseball’s best team, the Atlanta Braves.

During the 2024 campaign, the Bananas played to sold-out crowds at major league ballparks in Houston, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston and Cleveland, and next week another full house was expected for a game at Miami Marlins Stadium.