The Washington Commanders hosted the Baltimore Ravens in preseason motion on Monday night time, and it was the primary recreation at FedEx Discipline underneath the workforce’s new possession group, led by Josh Harris.
On condition that it was additionally the primary recreation for the Commanders on Monday Evening Soccer because the possession change, it made excellent sense for Harris to pay a particular go to to Joe Buck and Troy Aikman within the broadcast sales space.
As Buck was making the purpose that Harris is not any stranger to proudly owning sports activities groups — Harris can also be the managing associate of each the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils, in addition to proudly owning stakes in Crystal Palace and Joe Gibbs Racing — the ESPN play-by-play announcer prolonged his hand as he was ending his thought.
That’s when this occurred:
That awkward second left Aikman preventing for survival.
Twitter — we’re nonetheless calling it Twitter, proper? — instantly reacted, with many making comparisons to Ricky Bobby from Talladega Nights:
Look, we’ve all been there, exchanging pleasantries with somebody and also you’re caught in between a handshake, or a hug, or a fist bump, or a excessive 5, and it simply ends awkwardly and also you spend the remainder of your night time rethinking so many choices you’ve got made to that time in your life.
I’ve mentioned an excessive amount of.
But when that scenario has occurred to you, simply be grateful that it didn’t occur throughout a telecast of Monday Evening Soccer.
Until you’re studying this, Mr. Harris. By which case … tomorrow is a brand new day.
On the brilliant aspect, Washington ended the Ravens’ 24-game win streak within the preseason, giving Harris a victory to have fun.
And Washington’s social media took the baton and ran with it:
Large.
This publish was edited so as to add the postgame Tweet.
