{"id":449645,"date":"2026-09-27T22:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/449645\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T22:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:48:08","slug":"thousands-crowd-arlingtons-globe-life-field-for-savannah-bananas-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/449645\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands crowd Arlington\u2019s Globe Life Field for Savannah Bananas game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jennifer Hardman and Kat Stevens joined thousands of hard-to-miss\u00a0Savannah Bananas enthusiasts<\/a> \u2014 decked out in bright yellow, banana-shaped fan gear \u2014 that crowded Arlington\u2019s Globe Life Field Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Hardman and Stevens stood in the mezzanine\u2019s front row wearing banana costumes with added glitter, feathers and props. The women, both from Dallas, said they threw their outfits together Sunday morning; Hardman dressed as The Greatest Showman and Stevens dressed as a showgirl.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the greatest show,\u201d Hardman said, gesturing towards the field.<\/p>\n

They bought tickets just two days before the Bananas game against the Texas Tailgaters, when Hardman realized the team was in town.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re just so uplifting to everyone,\u201d Stevens said. \u201cWhat I love is that there\u2019s so much laughter, and [the game] is all about spreading joy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to just let our inner child flow sometimes,\u201d Hardman added. \u201cIt\u2019s all about the show and having fun with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stevens said it\u2019s beautiful that the Bananas aren\u2019t afraid to try anything and are showing fans \u201ctheir authentic selves.\u201d It was Stevens and Hardman\u2019s first time seeing the Bananas live, but they both said they\u2019d be back.<\/p>\n

The Bananas are known for their entertainment-like baseball games<\/a>, where some players wear stilts, perform choreographed dances, do back flips, or complete trick plays during plays. The team had their first game in 2016 and started playing year round \u201cBanana Ball\u201d in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf [the Bananas] can do all that on the field, then we can dress in costumes and have fun with it,\u201d Stevens said.<\/p>\n

For 35-year Arlington resident and Bananas fan JJ Lindmark, seeing the talented performances live is the best part of the games. He\u2019s been following the Bananas since they started playing in Savannah, Ga., and his first time seeing them live was in Houston.<\/p>\n

Lindmark\u2019s attendance at Sunday\u2019s game was pure luck, he said, as his mother-in-law had recently won a Banana Ball ticket lottery.<\/p>\n

The Bananas also played against the Tailgaters, who made their on-field debut in 2025, on Friday and Saturday. For anyone who\u2019s a baseball fan and has never seen the Bananas play, Lindmark said they\u2019re a must-watch.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of the stunts they do, the athletic ability the players have,\u201d he added with a smile. \u201cThey play good baseball.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jennifer Hardman and Kat Stevens joined thousands of hard-to-miss\u00a0Savannah Bananas enthusiasts \u2014 decked out in bright yellow, banana-shaped…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,732,118634,87907,154741],"class_list":["post-449645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news","tag-article","tag-sportsmedia","tag-tp-arlington","tag-tp-baseball-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449645","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=449645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}