Regular baseball is boring,” said one fan who arrived at Rate Field early to snag autographs from the players. The wildly popular Banana Ball exhibition league made its Windy City debut this weekend.

Two familiar faces brought the South Side crowd to its feet during the Savannah Bananas’ chaotic stop in Chicago

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There are quite a few big shows happening in town this weekend. Rapper DaBaby will perform at Ozark Music Hall on Friday night, and comedian David Cross is in town for a set on Saturday night. Up in Rogers, the AMP has a show on Friday night with pop artists Big Time Rush, Katelyn Tarver, and Stephen Kramer Glickman.

Blake Benson, a pitcher for the Savannah-based banana ball team The Party Animals, visited his elementary alma mater in Springdale on Aug. 15, showing students that passion, hard work, and fun can go hand-in-hand.

Under the bright lights of Coors Field, 50,000 fans the largest live audience in Savannah Bananas history watched Banana Ball explode into a record-smashing spectacle Friday night.