Baseball fans amused as young child plays umpire from the stands during MLB game: "Put a pitch clock on mom for that hot dog" "Enrico Pallazzo Jr."

Many MLB fans aren't showing up for Oakland Athletics games these days, but at least one of them wants a spot even closer to the action.

In an image caught by The Athletic writer/editor Melissa Lockhard, a mystery child was sitting just a few rows behind the plate during Wednesday's Athletics game against the Cleveland Guardians. The child's movements pantomimed that of the home plate umpire through every pitch.

As the video clip went viral, baseball fans took great delight in watching the child's efforts.

Quite a few baseball fans figured that the young amateur umpire might do a much better job than several professionals.

There were unconfirmed reports that the child had to throw his mother out of the game for conduct unbecoming of a parent that should be doting on their progeny at a ballpark.

Um, not quite sure about this reaction. Is soaking umpires -- or worse yet, children -- in lukewarm beer a tradition at RingCentral Coliseum? Of course, there are only a few more than 3,000 fans showing up to MLB games in Oakland these days, so that might not amount to much beer to soak anyone in.

The mystery child is attending MLB Umpire Camp in July

Uumpire Chad Fairchild during the ninth inning of a New York Yankees/Philadelphia Phillies game

Following a discussion between MLB Umpire Camps and the yet-unknown child's aunt, this junior umpire will be attending an umpire camp in July. So, who knows, if robot umpires aren't in effect by the time the child grows up, they may be calling balls and strikes for real one day.