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7-Year-Old Umpire Goes Viral After Hilarious Exchange With Savannah Bananas Opponent

Published 03/30/2023, 10:33 AM EDT

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Baseball has been America’s favorite pastime for decades, but in recent years the interest in the sport has slightly decreased. However, the Savannah Bananas are doing everything possible to draw more interest to the game by making some interesting changes in their game. Jesse Cole, the Bananas team owner, has changed the game about how baseball should be consumed.

He has done so by changing the rules, adding mid-game dances, and getting the fans involved. It has done wonders, with the Bananas selling put stadiums on a regular basis. Most recently, they introduced a new umpire to the game, and it is something that has never been seen before.

The Savannah Bananas added a 7-year-old umpire to the game

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Baseball fans have seen some interesting things over the decades that the sport has been played. But most recently, the Savannah Bananas took it to another level. They introduced a 7-year-old umpire to the game called Lathan ‘the kid umpire’. The Bananas even shared a Twitter video of Lathan ejecting a player in savage fashion. The exchange between him and the player he ejected was hilarious to watch.

In the Tweet, they said, “Getting ejected by a 7-year-old umpire? At least they tried to level with each other 🤷”. This is a new direction for the Bananas who have gone viral for throwing flaming pitches and mid-game dances before. But it will not be the end of innovation as Bananas owner Jesse Cole continues to optimize their play style.

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Cole started a baseball revolution with the Bananas by getting the audience involved in the game. Furthermore, he has turned it into a successful business, earning more than $200,000 per home game. The Bananas will continue to push the boundaries of what is possible and bring new ideas to baseball. 

The Bananas continue to amaze baseball fans

The Savannah Bananas are continuously pushing the limits of what is possible in baseball. They do mid-game dances, have kid umpires, and even do cartwheels while fielding. This is all in the name of making baseball more entertaining for fans. Most recently, they even brought out one of the biggest baseball bats during a game and it caught people’s attention.

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Pranay Mukherjee is an MLB writer at EssentiallySports. A graduate in Journalism and Mass Comm, Pranay specializes in cheat sheets, post-game analysis, and trade rumors. An avid follower of the game, he swears by the Yankees and believes the time has come for the New York team to break the World Series jinx.
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