Go Bananas!

WBZ's Jordan Rich says the Savannah Bananas are coming back in 2026, but tickets are hard to come by. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, and welcome to the Upside with Jordan a dose
of good news, because it's a big world out there.
As a baseball fan, I'm really thrilled the Red Sox
had a pretty good year and fan interest in baseball
is on the rise. Now there's one group I want
to give credit to who put the fun back in
baseball in a huge way, the Savannah Bananas, and they
play baseball in their own unusual way. Outfielders catching flies

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while doing backflips, batters appearing at home played on stilts,
fans making some of the outs. It's just an entertaining
experience for kids of all ages. And it's the toughest
ticket in town. The Bananas sell out every large stadium
they play, including Fenway three times in the last couple
of years. But I wanted to let you know that
they'll be playing at Gillette Stadium for the first time
next summer. Tickets are tough to come by, but you

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can enter the Banana Ball ticket lottery through October thirty.
First go to bananaball dot com forward slash tickets. That's
Banana ball dot com forward slash tickets. The Clowns of
baseball are a hit and once you check it out,
you'll have a big smile on your face. And that's
the upside with Jordan WZ Boston's news radio f