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Sep 8, 2016, 9:22 AM | Updated: Dec 19, 2017, 5:30 pm

3-year-old Beatrix's first time eating cotton candy led to an exciting night at Safeco Field Wednes...

3-year-old Beatrix's first time eating cotton candy led to an exciting night at Safeco Field Wednesday night. (Contributed by Jake Hart)

(Contributed by Jake Hart)

Now this is how you enjoy a Mariners game. And life.

An adorable baseball fan named Beatrix conquered the internet during Wednesday’s 8-3 win over the Rangers at Safeco Field with a cotton-candy coated reaction seen ’round the world. This GIF from the Mariners received 1,800 likes and 917 retweets by the next morning.

Someone sitting nearby captured a piece of the excitement.

Then the Mariners’ “shared” their famous “swelmet” with her.

And then came the blessed sugar coma.

Beatrix told KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson on Thursday that she turned 3 years old last month. Her dad, Jake Hart, explained his daughter’s excitement.

“She’s literally like that at every baseball game, and we go to a lot of games,” he said. “We moved to New York now so we go to Mets games as well as Mariners games and she’s just a huge fan. So she’s pretty much like that at every game but last night, after (Adam) Lind hit the grand slam, everyone was pretty pumped up and they kept getting runs inning after inning. So middle of the third inning she was just sort of swept up with the frenzy with the rest of the crowd and the camera just happened to catch her being her delightful self.”

But did the sugar all over her face and in her belly have something to do with it?

“I don’t think she was just hopped up on sugar there,” he said. “I mean she does love sugar — all little kids do when they get their daily treat. And that was her first time having cotton candy ever, so she was certainly in the middle of a pretty exciting experience as it is.

“You could say that in four seconds she seemed to experience every emotion available.”

Hart said he’s still trying to process the response from his daughter’s reaction.

“This has been the craziest day,” he said. “Last night we thought it was hilarious when we were on the Jumbotron, and then when we were on the Jumbotron the second, third and fourth time, it was a little overwhelming but we were all having a great time and dancing around with people.

“As much fun as we had last night when we woke up this morning, it was a whole different ballgame. Right now she’s been trending No. 1 at Reddit. …We’re hearing from websites and news organizations all over the country. It’s pretty crazy. I’m just happy to share our happy, fun-loving little girl with the rest of the world I guess.”

Listen to the audio for Beatrix’s response to the question: how does eating cotton candy make you feel?

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