Overview
- The Savannah Bananas are bringing a Bananas-created Indianapolis Clowns team to Great American Ball Park this weekend as their opponent in a three-game series.
- Mo'Ne Davis is listed on the revived Clowns roster and is expected to take the mound during the Cincinnati dates.
- Reds Hall of Fame officials stress the modern Clowns are an homage and reinterpretation rather than an unbroken continuation of the 1940s franchise.
- The original Clowns began in the 1930s, played in Cincinnati in the early 1940s, became known for barnstorming showmanship, and fielded early women professional players.
- Organizers and museum staff say the weekend offers a chance to teach local Negro Leagues history and to show how theatrical on-field acts like shadow ball helped shape entertainment-focused baseball today.