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Banana Ball adding international contests, unveils '360' game

The league also announced international games on Thursday; the new format puts two fields under one roof, which sounds like twice the fun and twice the lawsuits.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorESPN reports Banana Ball is adding international games, and Thursday it unveiled Banana Ball three-sixty, two fields in one stadium.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDale, bring me a hot take.

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwo fields means a foul ball on one is a live ball on the other, and by the seventh inning there is a border dispute with a hot dog stand as the capital.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHot. I would sign that treaty.

  5. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentMine is the neck.

  6. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentEvery fan sits between two games, so the real injury report is going to be chiropractors, and the stadium will need a head-turning warning label.

  7. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA neck epidemic.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNot. A neck has two sides, and so does a stadium. You are describing a Tuesday.

  9. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentRude, and also correct about the Tuesday.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd that, folks, is my hottest take yet.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAdd a third field, put one chair in the middle, give me a blanket, and let nothing happen to me for nine innings.

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