Dodgers reporter Kirsten Watson praised for on-air fist bump

For once, Shohei Ohtani’s left-handed swing wasn’t the smoothest thing at Dodger Stadium.

On Monday night, as Kirsten Watson was delivering a live shot from the Dodgers’ dugout just ahead of the team’s exhibition matchup with the Angels, she pulled off a slick move that had social media buzzing.

The Spectrum SportsNet reporter was breaking down Santiago Espinal’s positional versatility, when suddenly, a Dodgers staffer asked for a fist bump right in the middle of one of her sentences.

Without missing a beat, Watson casually dapped up the guy without looking, and went on with her analysis as if nothing had happened.

Quickly, X users clipped the video and praised her for the clean maneuver.

“That’s a championship reporter right there,” one wrote.

“Peripheral vision off the charts,” another added.

At least one of the X videos had nearly half a million views as of Tuesday morning.

It won’t be long until Dodgers fans can get another up-close look at Watson’s work — the reigning World Series champions play the Angels again on Spectrum SportsNet later Tuesday, before they officially open their regular season against the Diamondbacks on Thursday.

Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters