Banana Ball announces 2025 playoff and championship game structure.
Every team has a chance to walk away with all of the marbles when this is all said and done.
Banana Ball owner Fans First Entertainment has released information on the upcoming Tour Championship Series which will take place at Historic Grayson Stadium in October.
The semi-final round will include two games between the #1 and #4 seeded teams and two between the #2 and #3 seeded teams. Because each team played an uneven schedule this year, the seeds will be based on the overall percentage of wins.
Going into the Denver games this weekend, the Savannah Bananas are currently 32-23. This means that they are at 58.2% for wins. The Bananas have 17 games remaining in their season. If they were to win every game (to be 49-23), their percentage would go up to 68.1%. 15 of these games will be against The Firefighters and the remaining two will be against the Tailgaters at Daikin Park in Houston.
Going into the Baton Rouge games, the Party Animals are currently 37-20, or 64.9%. They have 12 games remaining, all against the Texas Tailgaters. If they win all of their remaining games, they would go to 49-20. This would put them to 71.0%.
The Firefighters are currently 3-17, and all 15 of their remaining games are against the Bananas. If through a sign from high above, the Firefighters completely upset the Bananas over those last 15 games, they would go to 18-17 on the season, or 51.4% (at the same time, if the Bananas were to lose all of those games, . If you were able to bet on Banana Ball at Draft Kings, I am pretty sure that a futures bet that the Firefighters would sweep all 17 of the remaining games would pay a +1,000,000 line.
The Tailgaters have 12 remaining games against the Party Animals and 2 against the Bananas. If, though a miracle from God, the ‘Gaters were to win in every game, including against the Bananas, they could get up to a 66.7%, but let’s be realistic here.
From what I can see, the Firefighters have never beaten the Bananas in 10 games and they have won 3 out of the 4 games so far against the Tailgaters. If the Bananas stay undefeated against the Firefighters and let’s say they win 1 game against the Tailgaters, this will put them at 66.7% and the Firefighters would end the season at 8.6%. Even if the Firefighters win 5 of their remaining games, that would put them at 22.9% and the Bananas would be between 58.3 and 61.1% depending on how they do in Houston.
Party Animals are 8-1 against the Tailgaters, however since there has never been a Tailgaters headliner held so far, the Tailgaters have never had a home team advantage. Because of the ability to walk off and end the inning, there is definitely a home team advantage in Banana Ball. There are 6 Tailgaters home games in September. If they were to win all of them and assume they split the Houston games, the Tailgaters would have 40.7% and the Party Animals would have 62.3%.
There is also a scenario where if the Bananas sweep the Firefighters, win only one in Houston and the Party Animals win the next 9 games, there will be a dead heat for the first seed.
While we can’t call any clinches this soon, it does appear the Tailgaters will likely clinch the #3 position and the Firefighters will clinch the #4 spot. Val Perez and the Firefighters will have to up their game to try to get some wins against the Bananas to stand a chance.
Like we saw in 2023, the hot race to first is going to be between the Bananas and the Animals. Again, there are way too many variables that can happen here, we will need to address this again at the end of August.
Here is a chart that I put together. I think I got it right, but if we chart the results starting with games on or after August 9, 2025, this is pretty much how things could move along:
Now that we understand how the seeding will be done and where each team current stands and where they can potentially go, let’s discuss the actual Championship format.
During the semi-finals, the #1 and #4 seeds will play each other and likewise, the #2 and #3 seeds. Both groups will play two games. In each group, if one team wins both of their games, they move to the Championship.
But here’s the fun part (Because it is Banana Ball! It’s supposed to be fun): In the event that either group is split in the semi-finals (each team wins one game), there will be a showdown (similar to the “extra innings” showdown) that will determine which team moves ahead to the Championship. This is going to be exciting if it happens.
We have put in a message to Banana Ball to get confirmation on how the visiting and home teams will be placed.
Here are the days to remember:
Thursday, October 2, 2025 (7PM ET): #1 seed vs. #4 seed.
Friday, October 3, 2025 (7PM ET): #2 seed vs. #3 seed.
Saturday, October 4, 2025 (7PM ET): #1 seed vs. #4 seed.
Sunday, October 5, 2025 (1PM ET): #2 seed vs. #3 seed.
Saturday, October 11, 2025 (7PM ET): Championship Game.
All games will be at Historic Grayson Stadium in Savannah, GA.
Games will be carried for free (as all Banana Ball games are) through YouTube. They will also be available through the TNT Sports network deal, including Tru-TV and HBO Max.
In 2026, Jesse Cole and Fans First Entertainment will be expanding to six teams and will create the Banana Ball Championship League. The BBCL should bring Banana Ball in line with other competitive sports leagues. Hopefully, this means each team having equal scheduling (same number of games and each team having the same number of home team advantages). Of course, this is just speculation on the Michi’s part. We should know in October when Banana Ball will hold the 2026 World Tour Draft.
Banana Ball is only getting better. Myself, I am looking forward to seeing the Tailgaters when they get their home team advantage. This team has even surprised, me. I do think they will have a few more wins before this season is done.
Remember, this weekend, the Bananas and the Firefighters will be playing on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon at Coors Field in Denver. Saturday’s game will be on ESPN2. The Tailgaters and the Party Animals will be hitting the college scene playing tonight and Saturday at Alex Box Stadium at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
Remember, all Banana Ball games are available for free on YouTube. For links to watch the games, visit the Michi-chan Sports Event Schedule.
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