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Banana Ball Is Coming to the Jersey Shore, and It May Be the Wildest Baseball Event New Jersey Has Seen in Years

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There are baseball games, there are entertainment spectacles, and then there is Banana Ball — a phenomenon that has effectively detonated the traditional boundaries separating sports, theater, comedy, live performance, social media culture, and fan experience. On June 13, ShoreTown Ballpark in Lakewood...

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