Savannah Bananas are bringing the Banana Ball World Tour to Pittsburgh in 2025

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh, are you ready for the biggest sports show in our city?

If you answered yes, make sure to mark August 29th and 30th, 2025 on your calendar because the Savannah Bananas are coming to town on Thursday!

The Savannah Bananas' “Banana Ball World Tour” will hit the road again in 2025, crisscrossing the United States with stops in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Georgia, Missouri, California, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and several others lead countries.

The unique take on baseball has become a national sensation, going viral on social media and discussed on national talk shows on CBS, ESPN and many others.

With that in mind, let's answer the questions you're sure to be asking.

Savannah Bananas in Pittsburgh? How can I get tickets?

The Savannah Bananas are asking their fans to get on the 2025 lottery list. This ends on November 1, 2024. Two months before the event – i.e. for Pittsburgh, on June 29 – there will be a random drawing and the winners will be notified that they have the chance to buy tickets.

Interested fans can take part in the ticket raffle using this link.

I've seen clips of these guys. Is this real baseball?

Somehow. Rather, it is a unique, fast-paced and entertaining twist on the American pastime.

They play what they call “Banana Ball,” which involves a variety of fun rules and interpretations of baseball, but the most famous part of Banana Ball is the 3-2-2, which means “3rd.” Inning, second batter, second pitch” means. This is a unique pre-pitch dance in the game and the 3-2-2 has seen dances for Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen, Mariah Carey and so many others.

Of course, you can't talk about the Savannah Bananas without mentioning Dakota “Stilts” Albritton, the tallest hitter and pitcher in the world, and he's 10 feet tall.

For everyone else? Well, next summer you'll just have to head to PNC Park to find out more.

I can't make it in Pittsburgh, are you close?

If you can't make it to PNC Park, they will be in Baltimore on August 1st and 2nd, in Philadelphia on July 26th and 27th, and in Cincinnati on June 13th and 14th!

Learn more about Savannah Bananas on their website at this link!