After the 2022 summer league season, the Bananas announced that they would be abandoning their college amateur team and playing only “Banana Ball.”

Since then, the Bananas have taken the storm and filled numerous baseball stadiums across the country because of their unique rules focused on the game. The current “Banana Ball” rules are as follows:

1. Games are won by points rather than runs: the team that scores the most runs in an inning scores a point, except in the final inning, where each run counts as one point. The final inning may occur earlier than the ninth inning due to the time limit specified below. If the home team has scored enough runs to “win” an inning other than the final inning, the inning ends immediately.
2. There is a “two hour” time limit. No new innings may be started after 1 hour and 50 minutes. Once an inning begins, it ends.
3. Batters cannot leave the batter box. This results in an automatic strike.
4. Doughs cannot be colored. This leads to automatic ejection.
5. Batters can attempt to steal first base at any time during their at-bat, including on passed balls or wild pitches
6. Walks are called “sprints.” After ball four, the batter is allowed to advance as far around the bases as possible while the ball is thrown to all fielders except the pitcher in turn, starting with the catcher. The ball remains dead and the batter-runner cannot be turned off until the four infielders and three outfielders have each touched the ball. This often results in the batter-runner advancing to second base in a sprint.
7. No hill visits are permitted.
8. Fouls caught by fans are counted as outs.
9. Ties are broken by a “showdown tiebreaker,” an abbreviated extra-innings format. Each team's half-inning during the showdown ends with each out or run scored by the batter. When the batsman puts the ball into play, he must attempt to score. A batter who draws a walk advances to second base, with the batting team allowed to send a new batter to the plate. At any point in the showdown, a home run hit over the outfield wall immediately ends the game in favor of the batting team. If the game is still tied after a Showdown Round, another Showdown Round is played until there is a winner. Scenarios differ depending on the Showdown Round: In Showdown Round 1, each team selects a pitcher and a batter to face each other, with the defense fielding only their pitcher, their catcher, and a single fielder. In Showdown Round 2, the field player is eliminated. In Showdown Round 3 (and later), the fielder returns, but each half inning begins with the bases loaded and each run scored counts as a point.
10. Each team is allowed to appeal certain decisions made by the umpires: whether a ball was fair or foul, whether a runner was tagged (at home plate or on the basepaths), and whether a ball was caught or not. A team retains the right to challenge until it loses a challenge. After that, it is not allowed to challenge any calls for the rest of the game. Fans can also challenge one play per game, depending on which fan is chosen to initiate the challenge. Challenged plays are reviewed by the broadcast team, who forward their decision to the referee.
11. “The Golden Batter Rule” – Once in a game, a team can send any batter in the lineup to bat anywhere. The goal of this rule is to allow a team to score their best hitter when the game is on the line.