Kids say the darndest things, and there’s no better proof of that than watching a mic’d up little league baseball team.

Micing up pro athletes can be fun, giving fans a look at more unfiltered versions of their favorite players than what is usually portrayed in formal interviews, but no one is more unfiltered than kids. Austin Bramley and Chad Hunt recently came up with the idea to mic up a group of players from a local coach-pitch little league team in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and the outcome was the perfect combination of hilarious and adorable.

Just like their big-league heroes, there was plenty of talk about the game, calling for high-fives, encouraging teammates with “don’t hit a foul ball, hit a home run,” and requesting chants of “pitcher’s got a big butt.” But it was their side chats that really shined.

A conversation about where a bracelet came from prompted suggested answers such as Parky Darky or Poopy Land. One kid declared that it was “raining tacos from the sky! Nom nom nom nom nom.” I failed to see the tacos, but I admittedly don’t have the imagination of an elementary school-aged baseball player. And then there was the kid who asked his teammate, “where’s your mom?” Before adding “haha your mom left you,” when in fact she didn’t. But still, boom roasted.

ESPN and Fox have ramped up their use of mic’d up players during games in recent seasons. Previously it was only used in All-Star events, but now they spice up their broadcasts by micing players up during regular season games too. While Joey Votto and others have provided some fun moments while wearing a mic for ESPN, MLB is going to have a hard time surpassing the entertainment value of mic’d up little leaguers.

[Austin Bramley]

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Brandon Contes is a staff writer for Awful Announcing and The Comeback. He previously helped carve the sports vertical for Mediaite and spent more than three years with Barrett Sports Media. Send tips/comments/complaints to bcontes@thecomeback.com