Watch: Baseball player walks to the plate with ‘caddie,’ complete with yardage book, rangefinder

Josh Lavender approached the plate in style, with a caddie who brought his bat and accessories. It happened to be the team president.

Golf’s popularity continues to permeate the rest of the sports world.

For instance, check out this fun moment from a wooden bat baseball game on Thursday between the Savannah Bananas and the Macon Bacon. (For the record, those are the real names of both teams.)

During Thursday night’s game, infielder Josh Lavender approached the plate in style, with a caddie who brought his bat and accessories. In the background was team owner Jesse Cole, known for wearing a yellow tuxedo to nearly every game.

The Bananas typically play in the Coastal Plain League — they won the league title last week — but this was part of a new Harlem Globetrotters-like series that Cole and Co. created as more of an event.

Lavender’s walk-up, which included a yardage book and range finder, is certainly one all golfers can appreciate.

We might add that the Bananas are no stranger to fun moments. For example, the team’s website touts the following:

• We only sell one ticket and it’s all inclusive.
• Our players perform choreographed dances every game – Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, Toby Keith – you name it, they’ve danced to it.
• We are the only baseball team to play in kilts. That’s right, kilts.
• Our players perform in over-the-top music videos like Old Town Road and Can’t Stop the Peeling.
• We have the most unique coaching staff in the world – a luchador, cowboy boots, a nine year old and a grandma.

Savannah won the game, 8-4, with the Bananas beating the Bacon in what’s termed the “breakfast bowl,” which led to this incredible postgame interview.

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