Miranda Hart was in class at her high school in Newport Beach, Calif., on Wednesday when her Twitter feed lit up with something you just don’t see every day.

“@mirandaahart my buddy @kyledomingo1 would love to take you to prom! What do you say???

Kyle Domingo is a freshman at Hart’s high school, and his “buddy” is none other than Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista.

That’s right, an all-star baseball player and two-time major league home run leader stepped in on behalf of a kid hoping to land a date for the prom.

And Bautista didn’t even know Domingo.

“I don’t know the kid,” Bautista told the Star’s Richard Griffin in Detroit on Wednesday afternoon prior to the Jays-Tigers game.

“I just . . . he sent me a direct message (on Twitter) and I said, ‘Why not?’ I’ve probably got 100 of those requests before and I never did it. For some reason I just decided to. I can’t really say why. It worked out. Apparently she said yes, so I’m happy for the kid.”

Domingo followed a trend in prom invitations — some elaborate enough to involve airplane banners, flash mobs, and homemade music videos — that has become popular enough to prompt a new phrase: the promposal.

He also thought enough of Hart to text Los Angeles Angels star Josh Hamilton with the same request.

“Yeah, he asked Josh because Kyle knows I’m a huge Angels fan,” Hart said via texts (while in class Wednesday afternoon).

Bautista ignited a rollicking exchange on Twitter in which Hart was exuberant in her shock and disbelief — how in the world did an 18-year-old end up on social media with one of baseball’s biggest stars? It was promposal meeting Twitter.

Indeed, promposals have crossed into Hollywood, professional sports and even the White House. Singer Rhianna, Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade and snowboarder Shaun White have all been persuaded to attend proms with regular teens recently.

Bautista, one of baseball’s most prolific tweeters, has shown a huge interest in fans and a soft heart for young and old alike.

Last July, Bautista responded to a message sent by Wisconsin father Steve Lendosky, whose 9-year-old son, Derek, died tragically in a UTV accident. Derek was buried wearing Bautista’s jersey — the Jays slugger was the boy’s favourite player — and Bautista later met the Lendosky family during a Jays trip in August to Minnesota, where he gave them a cap with an inscription for Derek.

Hart, meanwhile, was thinking about her June 7 prom at Newport Harbor High School, but wasn’t expecting such an elaborate invitation.

“It was also pretty funny because Kyle is a freshman and I’m a senior at our school,” Hart said about Domingo, who is just turning 16.

After all the effort and fuss — getting hold of a major league star and asking him to text the girl he wanted to take to the prom — Domingo was awaiting an answer.

And, thanks in part to Bautista, the answer was yes.

“@mirandaahart: @JoeyBats19 @kyledomingo1 yes!” Alright! Thats what im talking about! #HaveFunKids.

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“It took me a while to say yes only because I was in shock,” said Hart, who also tweeted, “I still can’t believe this just happened,” after Bautista’s tweet showed up.

Bautista, meanwhile, went on to batting practice Wednesday afternoon, but retweeted Hart’s yes tweet for Domingo.

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