Posted on 05/17/2019 1:23:39 PM PDT by Gamecock
Thirty years after "Seinfeld" first aired, its titular star will be honored by the team he adores most. The New York Mets announced Thursday a special "Seinfeld Night" for their July 5 game against the rival Philadelphia Phillies.
By early July the Mets could easily be contending with Philadelphia for the division lead, but the biggest festivities of the NL East series opener will be centered on arguably America's greatest sitcom.
As The Athletic's Tim Britton noted, the Mets will be teaming up with Sony Pictures Television to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the show's first episode at Citi Field. On tap for the evening:
-A Jerry Seinfeld bobblehead for the first 25,000 fans at the ballpark
-Concourse greetings from Larry Thomas, the Emmy Award-nominated Soup Nazi from "Seinfeld"
-"Seinfeld" trivia hosted by Jerry Seinfeld
The special night will also feature Jerry Seinfeld himself reuniting with former longtime Mets star and team TV analyst Keith Hernandez, who famously appeared on Season 3 of the show while still playing for New York in 1991.
"Two of my favorite things in all the world are the comedy arts and the New York Mets," Seinfeld said in the Mets' press release. "This is one moment that I am very happy to have my 'Worlds Collide!'"
Tickets for "Seinfeld Night" are available at the Mets' official website, while special VIP packages with exclusive benefits will be announced soon.
Back, and to the left
They should reunite Kramer and Newman with Roger McDowell.
This sounds awesome. I am not into baseball but still watch Seinfeld reruns nearly every day, my favorite tv show of all time.
That’s one magic loogie!
Bring back blacklisted Michael Richards, or else I don’t care.
Costanza, were you sleeping on the job again? How could you let the Mets scoop us like this?
This is probably the best idea I’ve ever heard of! Brilliant marketing!
Seinfeld Night at the New Jersey Devils game featuring David Puddy in full face paint was awesome!
Why would George steal from the Yankees?
“I think you better watch the third base coach because I don’t think he’s waving you in....”
I bumped into three famous people at Shea Stadium - Seinfeld, Nixon and Trump - Seinfeld was, by far, the hardest to get next to! I was a college kid when Nixon waived us over and signed our ticket stubs - no secret service, just a burly NYC cop sitting next to him. Trump was just a NYC tabloid celebrity, and he was friendly and saying hello to everybody around him. Seinfeld had a little entourage army so nobody could approach but seemed friendly enough.
Seinfeld is a billionaire, or close to it. He’s either very savvy or is listening to someone who is.
Nice game, pretty boy!
Although I thought he was busy cleaning carpets?
“Our day was ruined”
You’re so good looking. ,
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