Belton Native Part of History as Banana Ball Fills Kyle Field
Belton’s Seth Markham returns close to home as the “Ninja Umpire” during a record-setting Banana Ball game at Kyle Field, where 102,000-plus fans watched.
ground.newsHere’s what’s notable right now about Savannah Bananas at Kyle Field (Kyle Field is Texas A&M’s stadium in College Station, not Kyle Field in other contexts).
- Latest coverage indicates the Savannah Bananas played a Banana Ball game at Kyle Field against the Texas Tailgaters, with reports describing a sold-out or near-sold-out crowd and a record-setting turnout in that venue. This event was highlighted by multiple outlets in late April to early May 2026.[1][3][7]
- Early post-game reporting emphasized the scale of the event—roughly 100,000 fans or more attended, marking it as one of the Bananas’ biggest games to date. Several outlets cited numbers around 102,000 in attendance.[2][4][1]
- Coverage also noted the novelty and spectacle of Banana Ball in a football stadium, including quotes about the stadium being repurposed into a baseball showcase and the presence of notable moments like the “Ninja Umpire” and other fan-focused entertainment.[1][2]
If you’d like, I can gather the latest specific articles or pull official attendance figures and key moments from those games, and I can summarize them with direct quotes and links.