The photo in question was taken from an ESPN interview with Major League Baseball star Sammy Sosa that aired in 2017.
As well as generally fucking with your expectations, Atlanta likes to assume you have a strong knowledge of memes.
The latest to get name-checked is Sammy Sosa’s bleached skin, which was referenced in the episode ‘Teddy Perkins’ when Darius suggested Ern and Alfred Google ‘sammy sosa hat’ to describe what the creepy guy he was trying to buy a piano off of looked like.
Read our review of the season 2 Atlanta episode here.