Bengals WR Tee Higgins enters game for Savannah Bananas in Cincinnati

ARE AND WHEN THEY’RE GOING TO BE IN COURT. ALL RIGHT. THREE. YES, THREE SOLD OUT GAMES AT GREAT AMERICAN BALL PARK THIS WEEKEND. AND IT’S NOT FOR OUR REDS, BUT SOMETHING BIG IN YELLOW. YEAH, THE SAVANNAH BANANAS ARE BACK IN CINCINNATI FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THIS UNIQUE BASEBALL EXPERIENCE HAS GROWN INCREDIBLY POPULAR. FANS WAITING AN HOUR IN LINE ON THE WEST SIDE THERE IN SHIBUYA TONIGHT TO MEET THOSE PLAYERS. SO LET’S KIND OF PEEL BACK THE CURTAIN HERE. WLWT. NEWS 5 SEAN MACKINNON. LIVE WITH WHAT FAMILIES HEADING TO THE BALLPARK NEED TO KNOW. HI THERE SEAN. HEY, MIKE. SHEREE. WELL, THE BANKS EXPECTS 50,000 PEOPLE EACH DAY FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS IN AND AROUND THE BALLPARK. AND THOSE CROWDS, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BANANA BASEBALL GAME, BUT ALSO WORLD CUP WATCH PARTIES WILL BE ON BIG SCREENS AROUND THE BALLPARK. AND OF COURSE, TEAM USA PLAYING TOMORROW AFTERNOON. TONIGHT, THOUGH, THE EPICENTER OF THAT EXCITEMENT WAS AT A DAIRY QUEEN ON THE WEST SIDE. YOU COULDN’T MISS IT IF YOU WERE ANYWHERE NEAR BRIDGETOWN ROAD TONIGHT. 100 PEOPLE, CHILDREN SCREAMING, ALL WAITING AN HOUR IN LINE TO MEET FOUR PLAYERS FROM THE SAVANNAH BANANAS TEAM. FAMILIES TELL US THEIR KIDS. WATCH THE HIGHLIGHTS ON YOUTUBE, TIKTOK AND EVEN FULL GAMES WHEN ESPN AND DISNEY PLUS BROADCAST THEM, KIDS GOT A CHANCE TO GET AUTOGRAPHS AND POSE FOR PICTURES. THIS TEAM IS A NATIONWIDE CRAZE, SELLING OUT STADIUMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IN RECENT YEARS, PARENTS TELLING US IT HELPS DEVELOP THEIR CHILDREN’S LOVE OF BASEBALL. JUST PURE EXCITEMENT FOR THE GAME. I MEAN, IT’S ALL FUN. YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE JUST TAKE BASEBALL TO A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL. BUT FOR HIM, IT’S JUST THE PURE FUN OF THE GAME. NORMAL BASEBALL SOMETIMES CAN GET BORING BECAUSE JUST WATCHING THE SAME PLAYS ALL THE TIME. BUT WHEN IT’S BANANAS GAME, YOU ALWAYS SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I LIKE JUST HOW FUN IT IS, AND THE CRAZY TRICKS LIKE THE BACKFLIP CATCHES. THE BANKS RECOMMENDS HAVING A PLAN ON PARKING IF YOU PLAN ON HEADING DOWNTOWN. THIS WEEKEND. AGAIN. THOSE THREE BANANA BASEBALL GAMES ARE SOLD OUT LIVE OUTSIDE

Bengals WR Tee Higgins enters game for Savannah Bananas in Cincinnati

Updated: 11:03 PM EDT Jun 19, 2026

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Baseball was played at Great American Ball Park on Friday night but it wasn’t the Cincinnati Reds.With the Reds in New York, the Savannah Bananas arrived in Cincinnati this weekend to packed crowds for the first of three games against the Indianapolis Clowns.With their “Banana Ball,” style of play, a sold-out crowd at GABP saw choreographed dances on the field, trick plays and the game decided not by runs… but by points.For the full set of Banana Ball rules, click here.The game Friday also featured a celebrity guest, with Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins pinch-running for the Bananas. The Bananas and Clowns will keep the fun going into the weekend, with more games at Great American Ball Park scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.

CINCINNATI —

Baseball was played at Great American Ball Park on Friday night but it wasn’t the Cincinnati Reds.

With the Reds in New York, the Savannah Bananas arrived in Cincinnati this weekend to packed crowds for the first of three games against the Indianapolis Clowns.

With their “Banana Ball,” style of play, a sold-out crowd at GABP saw choreographed dances on the field, trick plays and the game decided not by runs… but by points.

For the full set of Banana Ball rules, click here.

The game Friday also featured a celebrity guest, with Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins pinch-running for the Bananas.

The Bananas and Clowns will keep the fun going into the weekend, with more games at Great American Ball Park scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.