Posted on 04/17/2014 6:23:01 AM PDT by Scoutmaster
Cereal eaters, terrible dancers, and latex salesmen will be especially welcome in Brooklyn in early July.
Jerry Seinfeld wore his Mets fandom on his sleeve during the long run of his eponymous sitcom, and now, one of the team's minor league affiliates is returning the favor. Quite literally, in fact.
The Brooklyn Cyclones, the Mets’ short season single A team based in Coney Island, will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original airing of the “Seinfeld” pilot with a night filled with festivities about nothing, so to speak. On July 5, the team is transforming MCU Park into an arena of references to the classic sitcom, starting with renaming the ballpark itself Vandelay Industries Park for one night only. The foul poles in right and left field will be renamed the Festivus Poles, too.
Before the game, the Cyclones players — mostly guys in their very early 20's — will wear puffy shirts, just like the one Jerry wore on the “Today Show” during a classic 1993 episode.
The first 2,500 fans to show up to the game will get a Keith Hernandez bobblehead doll — the former Mets first baseman-turned-broadcaster famously appeared in a 1992 episode of the show — and for those that don't receive one of the coveted souvenirs, they can air their grievances at a specially designated table on the concourse. Any real latex salesman gets in free, to boot.
Mailmen (in honor of Newman, of course) will throw out the ceremonial first pitches, while there will be plenty of contests for glory, too, including a cereal eating competition, an Elaine dance-off, and a big game of Risk held on the concourse (the Ukraine is, indeed, weak).
Seinfeld, a long-time Mets fan, often called in to discuss the team with late night radio host Steve Somers, and made a guest appearance in the team's SNY television booth last year. Here's a list of Mets references in “Seinfeld” over its run.
:: the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes to the Quad City River Bandits to the Toledo Mudhens ::
Muy bravo “MudHens!” Muy bravo, Detroit Tigers.
Will the Yankee’s minor league have a George Costanza night? They could serve calzones.
How about the Norfolk Tides or the Kinston Indians, the Durham Bulls or the Everett AquaSox!
Americana at its finest.
I’m going as the soup nazi. No soup for you one year!
I cannot understand some people’s love for Seinfeld. I find his humor banal at best.
The best promotion since the Mahoning Valley Scrappers in Youngstown, Ohio held Jim Traficant Night (come dressed like Traficant, get in free)
I know this because I am holding the pack I kept sealed. The open pack is among my office tschotskes.
Yeah, I probably wouldn’t pay to see Seinfeld’s stand-up routine.
The TV show is priceless.
The key to it was that it wasn’t just about Seinfeld. The show about, ‘nothing’, was really about the relationships between four friends who each in their own way stayed true to their characters true nature regardless of whatever life conspired to throw at them.
Cool!
Do you know which of the 1988 MudHens in that card-pack made it to The Bigs (Tigers or others)?
Are there any future HOF players that you can determine (knowing that the pack is unopened).
Cletus might pay good money for the collection - knowing you won’t part with it without a firearm in your face!
That’s one “magic loogey”!
When I lived in Hawaii, I’d listen to every Hawaii Islanders game on the radio.
Really?
How many opossums were killed that week? Road kill would have fetched top dollar, no?
Are they a Tiger fiel team?
I have a daughter on Maui that would take my grandson to the games, given the chance “indoctrinate” him.
Back when I lived there, they were a Padres affiliate.
I'd like nothing more than to sit on a hill beyond the outfield fence on a blanket with my girlfriend and snacks and watch a minor league game on a warm Saturday night........
I do not.
Are there any future HOF players that you can determine (knowing that the pack is unopened).
The pack at the office is open and the answer is no.
Cletus might pay good money for the collection - knowing you won’t part with it without a firearm in your face!
Cletus, I've read your posts for years. You're a FRiend. Please send your mailing address by FReemail and I'll mail the unopened pack to you for free.
I do not.
Are there any future HOF players that you can determine (knowing that the pack is unopened).
The pack at the office is open and the answer is no.
Cletus might pay good money for the collection - knowing you won’t part with it without a firearm in your face!
Cletus, I've read your posts for years. You're a FRiend. Please send your mailing address by FReemail and I'll mail the unopened pack to you for free.
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