Savannah Bananas includes 3 days at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers on the 2025 World Tour

The Savannah Bananas have toured throughout much of the United States for the past three years.

Fort Myers will join that list.

During the 2025 Banana Ball World Tour city draft, which aired Thursday night on the Bananas' YouTube channel, the team selected Fort Myers for Feb. 14, 15 and 16. Games are played at JetBlue Park, the spring home training facility of the Boston Red Sox.

Fort Myers was announced along with a handful of other major venues, including Nissan Stadium, home of the Tennessee Titans, Bank of America Stadium, home of the Carolina Panthers, and Memorial Stadium, home of Clemson's football program.

In other Florida stops, they will also play LoanDepot Park in Miami on March 1 and 2 and Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg on March 15 and 16.

It's not just the Bananas that will be going on tour. The Party Animals and Firefighters will have their own tour, along with Banana Ball's newest team, the Texas Tailgaters. Additionally, two more teams will be added in 2026 as the league continues to grow.

Who are the Savannah Bananas?

The team was founded in 2016. Originally a part of the Coastal Plain League, the Bananas transitioned entirely to wild competition against their partner touring teams.

After the 2022 summer league season, the Bananas announced that they would be abandoning their college amateur team and playing only “Banana Ball.”

Since then, the Bananas have taken the storm and filled numerous baseball stadiums across the country because of their unique rules focused on the game. The current “Banana Ball” rules are as follows:

Games are won by points, not runs: the team that scores the most runs in an inning scores a point, except in the final inning, where each run counts as one point. The final inning may occur earlier than the ninth inning due to the time limit specified below. If the home team has scored enough runs to “win” an inning other than the final inning, the inning ends immediately.
There is a “two hour” time limit. No new innings may be started after 1 hour and 50 minutes. Once an inning begins, it ends.
Batters cannot leave the batter box. This results in an automatic strike.
Doughs cannot be colored. This leads to automatic ejection.
Batters can attempt to steal first base at any time during their at-bat, including passed balls or wild pitches
Walks are called “sprints.” After ball four, the batter is allowed to advance as far around the bases as possible while the ball is thrown to all fielders except the pitcher in turn, starting with the catcher. The ball remains dead and the batter-runner cannot be turned off until the four infielders and three outfielders have each touched the ball. This often results in the batter-runner advancing to second base in a sprint.
No hill visits are permitted.
Fouls caught by fans are counted as outs.
Ties are broken by a “showdown tiebreaker,” an abbreviated extra-innings format. Each team's half-inning during the showdown ends with each out or run scored by the batter. When the batsman puts the ball into play, he must attempt to score. A batter who draws a walk advances to second base, with the batting team allowed to send a new batter to the plate. At any point in the showdown, a home run hit over the outfield wall immediately ends the game in favor of the batting team. If the game is still tied after a Showdown Round, another Showdown Round is played until there is a winner. Scenarios differ depending on the Showdown Round: In Showdown Round 1, each team selects a pitcher and a batter to face each other, with the defense fielding only their pitcher, their catcher, and a single fielder. In Showdown Round 2, the field player is eliminated. In Showdown Round 3 (and later), the fielder returns, but each half inning begins with the bases loaded and each run scored counts as a point.
Each team is allowed to appeal certain decisions made by the umpires: whether a ball was fair or foul, whether a runner was tagged (at home plate or on the basepaths), and whether a ball was caught or not. A team retains the right to challenge until it loses a challenge. After that, it is not allowed to challenge any calls for the rest of the game. Fans can also challenge one play per game, depending on which fan is chosen to initiate the challenge. Contestable plays are reviewed by the broadcast team, who forward their decision to the referee.
“The Golden Batter Rule” – Once in a game, a team can send any batter in the lineup to bat anywhere. The goal of this rule is to allow a team to score their best hitter when the game is on the line.

How did Savannah Bananas choose Fort Myers as a tour stop?

The Bananas conducted a draft at their home field in Savannah, with Fort Myers being selected with the third pick in the first round of the Banana Ball World Tour Draft. The first two picks took place in the West, starting in Mesa and Glendale, Arizona.

The news was announced via a baby whose banana costume was unzipped with a T-shirt that read “Fort Myers, Florida.”

How do I get tickets to Savannah Bananas?

The ticket raffle list for the 2025 Tour will open after the draft on Thursday evening via a link to be announced. It will also be available on their website and social media pages. According to their website, tickets are $35.

The list of lotteries ends on November 1, 2024.

In addition, a random drawing will be held two months before certain events for another chance to purchase tickets.

Savannah Bananas Banana Ball World Tour 2025 Schedule

Mesa, Arizona – February 1st and 2nd

Glendale, Arizona – February 6th, 7th and 8th

Fort Myers, Florida – February 14, 15 and 16

Savannah, Georgia – February 21 (home opener)

Miami, Florida – March 1st and 2nd

Tampa Bay, Florida – March 15th and 16th

Atlanta, Georgia – March 29th and 30th

St. Louis, Missouri – April 4th and 5th

Clemson, SC – April 26th

Nashville, Tennessee – May 10th

Kansas City, Missouri – May 23rd and 24th

Anaheim, California – May 30th and 31st

Charlotte, NC – June 7th

Cincinnati, Ohio – June 13th and 14th

Washington, DC – June 27th and 28th

Boston, Mass. – July 5th and 6th

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – July 26th and 27th

Baltimore, Maryland – August 1st and 2nd

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