{"id":312195,"date":"2026-05-28T10:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/312195\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T10:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:28:12","slug":"banana-ball-coming-to-corpus-christi-this-weekend-at-whataburger-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/312195\/","title":{"rendered":"Banana Ball coming to Corpus Christi this weekend at Whataburger Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Banana Ball is coming to Corpus Christi this week as the Texas Tailgaters and The Firefighters meet in a three-game series Thursday through Saturday at Whataburger Field.<\/p>\n<p>The event is part of the 2026 Banana Ball World Tour and marks the first time the show comes to Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend.<\/p>\n<p>Banana Ball combines baseball with fan interaction, choreographed dances and a fast-paced style built around 11 rules.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the sport\u2019s best-known rules include a two-hour time limit, batters stealing first base and fans recording outs by catching foul balls.<\/p>\n<p>Games are designed to keep fans involved from start to finish with music, crowd participation and on-field entertainment throughout the night.<\/p>\n<p>Get to know Hooks&#8217; Walker Janek: <a data-ylk=\"slk:From Gregory-Portland to the Hooks: Walker Janek returns home for 2026 season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/gregory-portland-hooks-walker-janek-090638151.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">From Gregory-Portland to the Hooks: Walker Janek returns home for 2026 season<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More than 2.2 million fans attended Banana Ball games in 40 cities during the 2025 season. The Savannah Bananas also appeared on ESPN and Disney+ as the tour expanded to MLB and NFL venues across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The games are not free to attend. Fans had to join the Banana Ball Ticket Lottery List for a chance to purchase tickets through a random drawing process. Standard tickets started at $35 and meet-and-greet packages began at $100.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers warned fans to be cautious of third-party resale sites, saying many tickets sold outside the official platform could be fraudulent.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Tailgaters vs. The Firefighters schedule<\/p>\n<p>All games at Whataburger Field<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. Thursday on YouTube<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. Friday on YouTube<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m. Saturday on YouTube, Bally Sports Live<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Corpus Christi Caller Times: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Banana Ball bringing Texas Tailgaters, Firefighters to Corpus Christi;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caller.com\/story\/sports\/local\/baseball\/2026\/05\/27\/banana-ball-bringing-texas-tailgaters-firefighters-to-corpus-christi\/90282173007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Banana Ball bringing Texas Tailgaters, Firefighters to Corpus Christi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Banana Ball is coming to Corpus Christi this week as the Texas Tailgaters and The Firefighters meet in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[107763,155,157,156,90514,33157],"class_list":["post-312195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-banana-ball","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-walker-janek","tag-whataburger-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}