TNT Sports will launch eight consecutive weeks of exclusive Banana Ball coverage featuring the Savannah Bananas starting August 18. The fast-growing, fast-paced, goofy exhibition league games with choreographed team dances and over-the-top walk-ups by batters and scoring celebrations,

The exclusive Banana Ball coverage will be in an eight-week partnership with TNT Sports. The first game of coverage will be Aug. 16 when the Bananas play the Firefighters in Chicago. The Aug. 21-23 series in Savannah at Grayson Stadium will be included when the Bananas host the Firefighters.

TNT Sports will run 19 Banana Ball games this season, near four times as many games as it did last year, including the first ever tour championship.