In only his second game with the Washington Nationals, Josh Harrison hit his first home run for the defending World Series champions in their 5-3 victory over the New York Mets on Tuesday night.
And absolutely no one in the dugout — and maybe not even Harrison himself — was as excited about the dinger as Juan Soto, who was reinstated for his first game of the 2020 season after testing positive for COVID-19 and being put on the injured list on Opening Day on July 23. (He wasn’t in the starting lineup.)
Soto wasn’t in the Nationals’ staring lineup, but he certainly was doing his part to pump up and celebrate his team. After Harrison hit his 406-foot homer in the bottom of the second to give Washington a 2-0 lead, Soto jumped on top of the dugout and started dancing — something both he and the Nationals became known for nationally during their World Series run last season.
Dancing in celebration after big and small moments is what this team does, and it sounds like Harrison will fit right in with them. Via MLB.com:
“I didn’t see it until I just saw a video,” said Harrison of Soto’s moves. “Where I was in the dugout, I couldn’t see on top. But when I saw the video, I was excited. Got another person that likes to dance, so we can get down together.”
Here’s a reminder of what Soto’s at-bat shuffling moves look like from the 2019 postseason:
