Hall of Fame To Host Banana Ball at the Hall on Friday, Sept. 15

COOPERSTOWN—The Savannah Bananas have made history with their unforgettable brand of baseball.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame will document that history with a new exhibit and welcome the Bananas to Cooperstown in a Friday, September 15 event at the museum the night before the Bananas’ final game of their 2023 World Tour at Doubleday Field.

The museum will host “Banana Ball at the Hall,” a special event beginning at 5 p.m. on September 15 that will include the opening of a new exhibit display dedicated to the Bananas and a meet-and-greet-experience for fans.

Following the unveiling of the Bananas display with a ribbon-cutting event, members of the Bananas and the Party Animals, their opponents on their World Tour, will be stationed throughout the museum in a meet-and-greet experience for fans.

The “Banana Ball at the Hall” will run until 7 p.m. on September 15, and will be available to all guests with museum admission. Advance tickets can be purchased online at baseballhall.org/events/banana-ball-hall and are recommended, as the event is expected to sell out.

A ticket to the September 16 game at Doubleday Field, which is sold out, is not required for entry to “Banana Ball at the Hall.” The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will be open extended hours until 7 p.m. on Saturday, September 16.

The Cooperstown Trolley will feature special hours September 15-16, with visitors encouraged to use the Red, Blue and Yellow lots on the edge of the village. The trolley will be in service from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, September 15, and from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 16. Daily trolley passes, which are $2.50 per person, with children under 5 free, are available from the trolley driver, cash only. Daily passes may also be purchased with a credit or debit card at convenient kiosks located in the trolley parking lots or in front of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

The Savannah Bananas began play in the Coastal Plain League in 2016 before launching Banana Ball, which is played under modified rules, in 2020. Banana Ball features a two-hour time limit, no stepping out of the batter’s box or mound visits and no bunting, as well as the recording of an out when a fan catches a batted foul ball.

The team has sold out every game at Grayson Stadium in Savannah, Georgia for six straight years, and has sold out every game during their 2023 World Tour.

For the game at Doubleday Field, which begins at 1 p.m. on September 16, the Bananas will face off against their rival, the Party Animals. The Bananas and Party Animals rosters will be filled by independent professional players who have been scouted, tried out, and signed contracts for the 2023 Banana Ball World Tour. The Bananas have been featured across the globe for everything from playing a game in kilts, using a Dancing First Base Coach, the Banana Nanas Dance Team, the first ever baseball player to wear stilts, a Banana Pep Band, breakdancing players, and a whole lot more.

For more information, visit baseballhall.org or call (888) 425-5633) or (607) 547-7200.