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TNT Sports to Present Summer and Fall Savannah Bananas Games
truTV & HBO Max to Air 19 Banana Ball Games Starting Saturday, August 16, Including First Ever Banana Ball Tour Championship in October
TNT Sports' Coverage of Banana Ball World Tour to Visit MLB Stadiums across U.S., Including Rate Field in Chicago, Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, T-Mobile Park in Seattle, PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Petco Park in San Diego, Daikin Park in Houston & More
Banana Ball Joins truTV's Growing Lineup of Sports Content, Spanning Live Games, Scripted & Unscripted Shows, Featured Movies, Classic Boxing Matches & More
TNT Sports's networks and platforms will be ripe with Banana Ball this summer and fall as one of sport's fastest growing sensations returns to truTV.
truTV will serve up a bunch of Banana Ball action presented by Tropical Smoothie Cafe starting Saturday, August 16 from Rate Field - home of the Chicago White Sox - as The Savannah Bananas continue their World Tour of popular MLB stadiums throughout the season. All of TNT Sports' coverage of Banana Ball will also be simulcast on HBO Max for all U.S. subscribers.
Eight consecutive weekends of TNT Sports' exclusive Banana Ball coverage will also include stops at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Petco Park in San Diego, Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, T-Mobile Park in Seattle, and Daikin Park in Houston, along with a weekend series from Grayson Stadium, the Savannah Bananas' home stadium.
This season will wrap up with the first-ever Tour Championship in early October. TNT Sports' coverage of the multi-day tournament will feature all four teams vying for the inaugural Banana Ball title, with seeding decided by World Tour game results. The winner will be decided in the title game on Saturday, October 11.
Banana Ball's brand of baseball includes choreographed team dances, over-the-top walk-ups by batters, epic scoring celebrations and more wacky moments that have taken social media by storm. All Banana Ball games feature The Savannah Bananas taking on The Party Animals, The Firefighters or The Texas Tailgaters. More information about Banana Ball can be found here.
Banana Ball joins truTV's expanding offering of primetime sports programming, which centers on live games and event coverage of MLB, the NHL, the NCAA, the Big 12 and the BIG EAST, U.S. Men's and Women's National Soccer, Unrivaled, NASCAR, Roland-Garros, and more. The network also presents an assortment of culturally relevant and entertaining sports content throughout the year, including unscripted competitive shows such as Wipeout, featured sports movies and documentaries, scripted series (including the network premiere of Ballers this week), classic matches from HBO Boxing, among others.
Date Time (ET) Matchup Location Platform
Saturday, August 16 8 p.m.
The Savannah Bananas vs.
The Firefighters
Rate Field
(Chicago, IL)
truTV, HBO Max
Thursday, August 21 7 p.m. The Savannah Bananas vs. The Firefighters
Grayson Stadium
(Savannah, GA)
truTV, HBO Max
Friday, August 22 7 p.m. The Savannah Bananas vs. The Firefighters
Grayson Stadium
(Savannah, GA)
truTV, HBO Max
Saturday, August 23 7 p.m. The Savannah Bananas vs. The Firefighters
Grayson Stadium
(Savannah, GA)
truTV, HBO Max
Friday, August 29 7 p.m.
The Savannah Bananas vs.
The Texas Tailgaters
PNC Park
(Pittsburgh, PA)
truTV, HBO Max
Saturday, August 30 7 p.m.
The Savannah Bananas vs.
The Texas Tailgaters
PNC Park
(Pittsburgh, PA)
truTV, HBO Max
Friday, September 5 10 p.m.
The Savannah Bananas vs.
The Firefighters
Petco Park
(San Diego, CA)
truTV, HBO Max
Saturday, September 6 10 p.m.
The Savannah Bananas vs.
The Firefighters
Petco Park
(San Diego, CA)
truTV, HBO Max
Saturday, September 13 7 p.m.
The Savannah Bananas vs.
The Firefighters
Yankee Stadium
(Bronx, NY)
truTV, HBO Max
Sunday, September 14 3:30 p.m.
The Savannah Bananas vs.
The Firefighters
Yankee Stadium
(Bronx, NY)
truTV, HBO Max
Friday, September 19 10 p.m.
The Savannah Bananas vs.
The Firefighters
T-Mobile Park
(Seattle, WA)
truTV, HBO Max
Saturday, September 20 10 p.m.
The Savannah Bananas vs.
The Firefighters
T-Mobile Park
(Seattle, WA)
truTV, HBO Max
Friday, September 26 8 p.m.
The Savannah Bananas vs.
The Texas Tailgaters
Daikin Park
(Houston, TX)
truTV, HBO Max
Saturday, September 27 8 p.m.
The Savannah Bananas vs.
The Texas Tailgaters
Daikin Park
(Houston, TX)
truTV, HBO Max
Banana Ball Tour Championship
Thursday, October 2 7 p.m. TBA
Grayson Stadium
(Savannah, GA)
truTV, HBO Max
Friday, October 3 7 p.m. TBA
Grayson Stadium
(Savannah, GA)
truTV, HBO Max
Saturday, October 4 TBA TBA
Grayson Stadium
(Savannah, GA)
truTV, HBO Max
Sunday, October 5 1 p.m. TBA
Grayson Stadium
(Savannah, GA)
truTV, HBO Max
Saturday, October 11 TBA TBA (Championship Game)
Grayson Stadium
(Savannah, GA)
truTV, HBO Max
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