MESA, Ariz. — The Savanah Bananas will begin their 2025 season full of wacky baseball in Mesa.
The Bananas will play The Party Animals at Sloan Park on Feb. 1 and 2 and then head to Glendale for three games at Camelback Ranch.
To get tickets, fans must sign up for the ticket lottery. Signing up puts fans into a random drawing that will happen two months before the game. Fans will only be able to purchase tickets if selected in the drawing.
The Bananas, who started as a summer league team for college players, have become a touring sensation with their carnival-style version of the game, which includes choreographed dance routines, players on stilts and unusual rules such as outs counting when a fan catches a foul ball in the stands, according to the Associated Press.
They even got their own exhibit at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
The Bananas played last season in Peoria and Mesa.
Arizona sports
The city of Phoenix is home to five major professional sports league teams; The NFL's Arizona Cardinals, NBA's Phoenix Suns, WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks and NHL's Arizona Coyotes.
The Cardinals have made State Farm Stadium in Glendale their home turf and the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix is home to both the Suns and the Mercury. The Indoor Football League’s Arizona Rattlers play at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale. The Coyotes play at Mullett Arena on ASU's Tempe campus.
Phoenix also has a soccer team with the USL's Phoenix Rising FC, who play at Phoenix Rising FC Stadium in Phoenix.
The Valley hosts multiple major sporting events on a yearly basis, including college football's Fiesta Bowl and Guaranteed Rate Bowl; the PGA Tour’s highest-attended event, the WM Phoenix Open; NASCAR events each spring and fall, including Championship Weekend in November; and Cactus League Spring Training for 15 Major League Baseball franchises.
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