8-year-old baseball fan hands over foul ball to prevent epic meltdown

He's being called "the nicest kid in Australia."

Eight-year-old Brendan recently caught a baseball during a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers Team Australia.

A nearby kid, 7-year-old Cooper Manning, assumed the ball was intended for him, and had a meltdown when the security guard tossed the foul ball in Brendan's direction instead.

Cooper immediately broke down in tears.

Without hesitating, Brendan gave up his prize and tossed the ball in Cooper's direction.

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Cooper was "ecstatic" to receive the ball, and his mother expressed gratitude to the kind young stranger.

"There’s a life lesson here, do the right thing and you're better off as a result," said Brendan's father, Doug.

Doug shared more of the story with news.com.au:

"We were there as a complete family, there was seven of us," he said. "It was a great night, we were having fun and the kids were enjoying it. We knew it was a bit of a spectacle and something unique."

"Initially what happened was [before the encounter with Manning] there was another foul ball hit and a little girl ran to get it. She was just about to get the ball when a man reached over and took it and the crowd was reacted, telling him to give it back."

Doug went on to explain that the man threw the ball back but it landed in Doug's 5-year-old son's lap instead. The youngster returned the ball to little girl.

"I was telling my children that if another ball comes our way, talk to the security guard and ask for it, which they did," he said.

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"When the other ball came, the security guard was going to throw to [Cooper] but because my son had been talking to the guard and he helped out the girl, he was inclined to give it to my son."

Brendan still gave up the ball.

"My son has a lot of empathy, he just naturally handed the ball to the other kid," Doug said. "I thought it was great, I explained to them that if you were that child, wouldn't you want to get it back?"

"It was really rewarding as a parent, we are very proud of Brendan, it was lovely."