BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Savannah Bananas will be bring back its traveling baseball show to Rickwood Field in Birmingham next year.

The Bananas, a team that combines the lighthearted showmanship of the Harlem Globetrotters with the smalltown feel of a minor league baseball team, will be hitting Birmingham Sept. 19-20 as part of a 45-city tour in 2026.

First stepping up to the plate in 2016, the team has gained a wide audience for its games, a kind of play called "Banana Ball," often including players on stilts, a banana mascot and fast games.

The team, which was recently profiled in a segment on "60 Minutes," last played Birmingham in 2023, again at Rickwood.

Recently, the organization unveiled two new teams, the Indianapolis Clowns and the Loco Beach Coconuts, who will be playing

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