MLB Reporter Who Drove The Internet Wild On Opening Day Has An NFL History

Remember NFL reporter Aileen Hnatiuk? The Saints reporter from a few years back who turned on all of America by accident when she posted an end-of-season selfie from the dome in New Orleans, and it went MEGA viral on the internet?

Of course you do! Mainly because Screencaps and Nightcaps have since covered Aileen like Taylor Swift. She's part of the OutKick family at this point. 

Anyway, guess who made her triumphant return yesterday during MLB's opening day? Well, Aileen Hnatiuk of course!

She moved to Tampa last summer to cover all things Tampa Bay, and took in her first Rays game yesterday afternoon. 

The Rays, by the way, might stink this year. Not sure yet, but they looked awful yesterday. 

Anyway, you know who didn't look awful? Sports reporter Aileen, who pressed send on yet ANOTHER viral photo from the bowels of Tropicana Field:

Aileen Hnatiuk strikes again

Did she do it again or what? Goodness. There isn't a sports reporter in the game right now who does the #content game better than Aileen. There just isn't. 

Those above posts have over 200,000 views and buddy, they're climbing. Like I said, the Rays got murdered yesterday – I think Vladdy's homer is still going – so there weren't many positives coming out of the Trop for Rays fans. 

But sports reporter Aileen was certainly one of them. 

She set the NFL world on fire a little over a year ago when the Saints' season ended, and now she's taking over the MLB world down in Tampa. 

Mix in a little golf, USF basketball and fishing, and there ain't a field out there that safe right now. 

Welcome back, Aileen!

PS: does Florida ever not win? We do elections right, have the best governor in America, and even stole Aileen from New Orleans. What a state. 

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Zach grew up in Florida, lives in Florida, and will never leave Florida ... for obvious reasons. He's a reigning fantasy football league champion, knows everything there is to know about NASCAR, and once passed out (briefly!) during a lap around Daytona. He swears they were going 200 mph even though they clearly were not.