This toddler stole the show as Mariners power hitter breaks new record
If you give a toddler a bag of ballpark popcorn, he's going to eat it face-first with abandon.
At least, that was the case for one small Seattle Mariners fan who went viral after getting his hands on a large cellophane bag of popcorn, shoveling the salty snack directly into his mouth.
Major League Baseball posted a video of the toddler -- who was living his best game-day dreams sitting behind the dugout at T-Mobile Park -- on Sunday, writing on X, "No chance you had a better day than this kid."
Fans loved the candid moment caught on camera, flooding feeds with supportive sentiments for the boy's enthusiastic eating skills.
The now-viral video amassed nearly 5 million views on X alone, with nearly 12,000 likes on TikTok.
Mariners star catcher Cal Raleigh sets new single season hit record
The Mariners treated fans to a solid home game on Sunday, with an 11-4 win over the Athletics. Mariners star Cal Raleigh also hit his 49th home run that day, breaking Salvador Perez's record for the most home runs by a catcher in an MLB season.
Raleigh, the All-Star power hitter who won the 2025 Home Run Derby last month, knocked another dinger less than 24 hours later in the first inning of Monday night's game, launching a 419-footer into the second deck at T-Mobile Park off San Diego Padres pitcher JP Sears to top that record.
"It doesn't seem real," Raleigh said on Monday. "I mean, 50 home runs, it's kind of a crazy number to think of ... I thought I was a cool player when I hit five when I was young in high school or something. You hit five, you had all this power in the world. So it's just crazy."
