Savannah Bananas show North Texas why Banana Ball keeps growing
The traveling baseball phenomenon blends competition and entertainment while building connections with fans and local families.
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The traveling baseball phenomenon blends competition and entertainment while building connections with fans and local families.
Savannah Bananas owner Jesse Cole dreamed of making baseball livelier and more fun. Now the team is taking its dances, acrobatics, and trick plays to sold-out stadiums across the U.S.
With so much else to rebuild, a baseball season in 2026 seemed like more than a dream.
The most difficult things to do in sports just come naturally to him as he courts big-league attention.
Dillon Dingler hit a three-run homer, Keider Montero pitched into the seventh inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the Texas Rangers 5-1.
Jeremy Conner returned from a yearlong deployment to surprise his son during the national anthem at the team's final game.
"What happened to Cole was very sudden and very tragic, but there are so many cardiac events that are able to be saved," Niki Thompson said.
The Philadelphia Phillies and 2023 ALCS MVP Adolis García have agreed to a one-year, $10 million contract.
The Dodgers become the first repeat champion since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees
Cole Koeninger, an 18-year-old senior at Keller High School, will play baseball at the University of Tennessee, with dreams of MLB stardom.
At a Sept. 10 Phillies game, 9-year-old Jameson Pennings got what he had always dreamed of: a foul ball. His parents thought he would cherish it forever. But forever only lasted four more innings.
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Austin Maddox has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from an underage sex sting.
The Rangers, held to four hits, led 2-1 after three innings on sacrifice flies by Adolis García and Marcus Semien.
Burger lined a 99.4 mph pitch from Andrew Saalfrank (0-1) off the left-field wall to end the game.
Kyle Schwarber went 3 for 3 in the first All-Star Game home run swing-off to put the National League ahead 4-3 following a 6-6 tie in which the American League rallied from a six-run deficit.
Isaac Paredes hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off reliever Robert Garcia in the eighth inning.
The 15-year-old standout is among the highest-ranked base stealers in the country as a sophomore.
Thousands of Rangers fans packed parking lots around Globe Life Field on Thursday.
Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker have both made the opening day roster with the Texas Rangers, and the recent first-round draft picks will fill the final two spots in the rotation.
It's hard to beat playing Little League as a kid growing up; however, baseball has become an increasingly expensive activity for kids.
In 1974, a creative surgical procedure saved the career of L.A. Dodgers pitcher Tommy John after he tore his UCL. Today, an astonishing 35% of active MLB pitchers have had "Tommy John surgery." But more than half of the athletes getting the procedure are under 18.
Jonathan Ornelas had a two-run, pinch-hit single in Texas' four-run ninth.
Marcus Semien's line single into the left field corner scored Leody Taveras as the Rangers rallied from a five-run deficit.
He expects to wait 10 weeks before picking up a bat.
Jonah Heim and Leody Taveras homered back-to-back from the bottom of the order to erase a three-run deficit in the fourth inning, and the Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 7-4 on Saturday night.
