BARRIE, Ont. -- A miniature Jose Bautista says he's been practising his special Blue Jays voodoo for months.
Nine-year-old Oscar Wood -- affectionately known by Jays fans, and now even his own father, as Mini Bautista -- has become a sensation after he was filmed swinging a phantom bat while donning his painted Bautista-esque beard at the precise moment the real Blue Jay launched a game-changing homer.
The video has gone viral.
Oscar says he's been swinging his invisible bat in the stands whenever Bautista comes to the plate since travelling to New York for a crucial late-season series against the Yankees in September.