Indianapolis Clowns
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Oct 17, 2026
Petros PapadakisHOST
I'm so tired of the Bananas.
Tim CatesCORRESPONDENT
Oh, then the Indianapolis Clowns will take on the Party Animals.
Petros PapadakisHOST
I, I love the Clowns.
Tim CatesCORRESPONDENT
And the-
Petros PapadakisHOST
I have the Indianapolis Clowns T-shirt.
Tim CatesCORRESPONDENT
But don't forget, the Loco Beach Coconuts will b- also be taking part in the international 2027 schedule.
Tim CatesCORRESPONDENT
But this year, coming up, they're gonna make 23 stops at Major League stadiums and 10 football stadiums, including historic Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium.
Nancy ChenHOST
Registration is now open for the ticket lottery for those games happening July 30th and the 31st.
Nancy ChenHOST
It's a face off between the Indianapolis Clowns and the party animals.
Nancy ChenHOST
Banana Ball will be played in 23 Major League Baseball stadiums and 10 football stadiums in 2027.
Nancy ChenHOST
They'll also stop at ESPN Wide World of Sports in April.
KenNARRATOR
Jesse Cole, owner of the barnstorming baseball organization, announced the ballpark as the host of two Banana Ball games during a schedule reveal Thursday on ESPN2.
KenNARRATOR
The Indianapolis Clowns will play the Firefighters in a two-day series, September 10 and 11, at the permanent stadium that opened this spring.
KenNARRATOR
Depending on ticket sales, a third date could be added.
KenNARRATOR
The dates do not include the Savannah Bananas, the cornerstone of the six-team Banana Ball organization.
Colin DunlapHOST
Twin bill.
Colin DunlapHOST
Against the Indianapolis Clowns.
Colin DunlapHOST
Huh.
Colin DunlapHOST
Uh, the games are scheduled August 6th and 7th at PNC Park.
Scott ParksHOST
The Savannah Bananas- Oh, yeah ... are coming back.
Scott ParksHOST
Uh, they're gonna take on the Indianapolis Clowns at Kauffman Stadium on June 18th and 19th of next year.
Scott ParksHOST
Um, do-do-do.
Scott ParksHOST
The Clowns were the original team to bring stunts into baseball.
Brian DonahueHOST
They were the second team in the Savannah Banana League, and they are now very popular, and they're doing their own tours now.
Brian DonahueHOST
And they were playing the Indianapolis Clowns, so that was kind of fun.
Brian DonahueHOST
Nice.
Brian DonahueHOST
Had a blast watching him do all those trick plays and dances and nonstop music playing.
Bob KendrickGUEST
You know, he's trying to shield them from that.
Bob KendrickGUEST
Just the way that the Negro League players tried to shield him from the harshness of Jim Crow when he joins the Indianapolis Clowns in 1952.
Bob KendrickGUEST
And so, but he says, that's, it says this one night, He gets a letter, and it has the cutout type, you know, how they would do like a ransom note.
Bob KendrickGUEST
Like a ransom note.
Jose Diaz-BalartHOST
Just listen to those cheers.
Jose Diaz-BalartHOST
That's six-year-old Emma Alshouse walking up to home plate with her cousin, Indianapolis Clowns catcher Joe Lytle.
Jose Diaz-BalartHOST
[crowd cheering] After a two-year battle, she got to celebrate being cancer-free with hundreds of fans cheering her on.
Shankar VedantamADVERTISER
[chanting] Emma! Emma! Emma! Emma! Emma! Emma! Emma! Emma!
Fat JoeHOST
I, I thought that was before your time, the Negro Leagues.
Dave WinfieldGUEST
It, it was, but Hank Aaron, uh, he had like a year with like the Indianapolis Clowns.
Fat JoeHOST
Mm-hmm.
Dave WinfieldGUEST
Willie Mays had about a year or something like that.
Abby WambachHOST
Okay.
Abby WambachHOST
So Jules, did you know that back in the Negro leagues, the Indianapolis clowns were serious ballplayers and Jules, they were serious entertainers.
Abby WambachHOST
They barnstormed around the country.
Abby WambachHOST
They pulled off trick plays, even performed shadow ball, which basically means they played baseball.
Abby WambachHOST
So he didn't just build a show around baseball.
Abby WambachHOST
He rewrote the rules, built an entire entirely new version of the game.
Abby WambachHOST
And now one of the banana ball six teams is bringing back the Indianapolis Clowns name.
Abby WambachHOST
That's rad.
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