Banana Ball team challenge rule
Each team gets one challenge, made by the coach throwing or shooting a challenge prop onto the field before the next pitch.
The details
- The umpiring crew reviews the play and the Umpire Field Chief makes the call.
- A successful challenge is kept for later; a failed or inconclusive one is lost for the game.
- Challengeable calls: fair or foul, force and tag plays, infield or outfield catches, and missed bases.
How this rule changed
- 2026 changed: Reviews now done by the umpiring crew rather than the broadcast, and missed base calls became challengeable. [1][2]
- 2024 added: Team challenge rule first appears as rule 10 on the new bananaball.com rules page (October 2023, after the 2023 summer season). [1][2]
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| Season | How the rule read |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Each team gets one challenge, made by the coach throwing or shooting a challenge prop onto the field before the next pitch. |
| 2025 | Each team gets one challenge, made by the coach throwing or shooting a challenge prop onto the field before the next pitch. |
| 2024 | Each team gets one challenge, made by the coach throwing or shooting a challenge prop onto the field before the next pitch. |