Even if you’re feeling disenfranchised by another losing season for the Pittsburgh Pirates, you still may have cause to catch a game at PNC Park next summer.
The Savannah Bananas announced that the team will return to the Steel City for games against the Indianapolis Clowns on Aug. 6-7, 2027.
Once a collegiate-level team based in Savannah, Ga., the Bananas started functioning as an independent team in 2022 after going viral for their inventive, entertaining in-stadium presentation, often compared to basketball’s Harlem Globetrotters. They recruit and pay their own players, as well as the players on their opposing teams. Since then, they’ve developed their own rules — dubbed “banana ball” — and played with a focus on entertainment, adding theatrical elements, fan interaction and special guests to each game…