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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-toms-diner-2014.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"alignright size-medium wp-image-119612\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-toms-diner-2014-264x300.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"seinfeld-toms-diner-2014\\\" width=\\\"264\\\" height=\\\"300\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-toms-diner-2014-264x300.jpg 264w, http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-toms-diner-2014-79x90.jpg 79w, http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-toms-diner-2014-88x100.jpg 88w, http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-toms-diner-2014-176x200.jpg 176w, http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-toms-diner-2014.jpg 900w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BROOKLYN&lt;\\/strong&gt;\\u2014For a sitcom that was billed as a show about nothing, the Brooklyn Cyclones had plenty to offer the 8,241 fans who came out for \\u201cSalute to Seinfeld Night.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;In one of the most creative promotions of the season, the New York-Penn League affiliate of the Mets pulled out all the stops in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the iconic show&amp;#8217;s pilot episode. MCU Park was renamed Vandelay Industries Park (&amp;#8220;And you wanna be my latex salesman?&amp;#8221;), the Cyclones took batting practice in pirate puffy shirts (&amp;#8220;But I don&amp;#8217;t want to be a Pirate!&amp;#8221;), a fan reeled in a slice of marble rye bread with a fishing rod from the suite level (&amp;#8220;Give me that marble rye, you old bag!&amp;#8221;) and a guy named George Costanza drove down from Rhode Island to throw out the first pitch (&amp;#8220;Jerry, just remember, it&amp;#8217;s not a lie if you believe it.&amp;#8221;).&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The first 3,000 fans received a Keith Hernandez \\u201cMagic Loogie\\u201d bobblehead, a reference to an episode in which Kramer and Newman accuse him of spitting on them. The scene is a parody of Kevin Costner&amp;#8217;s courtroom speech in Oliver Stone&amp;#8217;s conspiracy-rich movie &amp;#8220;JFK,&amp;#8221; and Hernandez points to his former Mets\\u2019 teammate Roger McDowell as the possible \\u201csecond spitter.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Fans were invited to visit the information table for \\u201can airing of grievances,\\u2019 the foul poles were renamed the &amp;#8220;Festivus Poles,&amp;#8221; a group of Elaine lookalikes held a dance-off on the field, and the actor who portrayed the \\u201cSoup Nazi\\u201d mingled with the crowd in full character.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_119611\\\" style=\\\"width: 300px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption alignright\\\"&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-soup-nazi-2014.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"wp-image-119611 size-medium\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-soup-nazi-2014-300x211.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"seinfeld-soup-nazi-2014\\\" width=\\\"300\\\" height=\\\"211\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-soup-nazi-2014-300x211.jpg 300w, http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-soup-nazi-2014-127x90.jpg 127w, http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-soup-nazi-2014-100x70.jpg 100w, http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-soup-nazi-2014-200x141.jpg 200w, http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-soup-nazi-2014.jpg 900w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Courtesy of Brooklyn Cyclones&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The impetus for Seinfeld Night came from Cyclones director of promotions Billy Harner, who &amp;#8220;spearheaded the entire day in terms of ideas and implementation,\\u201d Cyclones vice president Steve Cohen said. \\u201cWe started looking at the various anniversaries in January and saw that Seinfield\\u2019s 25th anniversary was July 5th. It was perfect.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Only a few of the Cyclones players could relate to the comedy Seinfeld. There are no players older than 23 on the roster and 13 Cyclones are foreign-born. However, the syndication of the show has allowed for a new generation of followers.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cI\\u2019ve been watching Seinfeld since I was little,\\u201d said left fielder Michael Katz, the Mets ninth-round pick in June. \\u201cMy dad is a huge fan. Once he heard this was on the schedule he wasn\\u2019t going to miss it.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cThere is so many applicable lessons about Seinfeld. The show is timeless. I was first in line to wear the puffy shirts for batting practice. All of the American kids have at least heard of the show. I don\\u2019t know if I could even try and explain it to the Spanish kids.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Fans arrived from as far away as Canada, Ohio and Kentucky, Harner said, proving that Seinfeld\\u2019s humor resonates far beyond New York City, where the show was set.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_119613\\\" style=\\\"width: 300px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption alignright\\\"&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-puffy-shirts-2014.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"wp-image-119613 size-medium\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-puffy-shirts-2014-300x211.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"seinfeld-puffy-shirts-2014\\\" width=\\\"300\\\" height=\\\"211\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-puffy-shirts-2014-300x211.jpg 300w, http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-puffy-shirts-2014-127x90.jpg 127w, http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-puffy-shirts-2014-100x70.jpg 100w, http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-puffy-shirts-2014-200x141.jpg 200w, http:\\/\\/www.baseballamerica.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/07\\/seinfeld-puffy-shirts-2014.jpg 900w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Courtesy of Brooklyn Cyclones&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Cyclones pitching coach Tom Signore proudly donned the puffy shirt and says he quotes the television series when giving advice on the mound. He said he once told a pitcher who was on the verge of giving up a lead that &amp;#8220;we don&amp;#8217;t want to be &amp;#8216;Even Steven,&amp;#8217; and he had no idea what I was talking about. But what I did was, I got his mind totally off the game for a second.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Signore wasn\\u2019t sure he would able to make the festivities, or is it Festivus-ities?&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;He was with the Mets Triple-A affiliate in Las Vegas earlier this season, filling in for Frank Viola, who is recovering from open heart surgery. Signore was ecstatic when he heard that he would be in Brooklyn for Seinfeld Night.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cThis is probably the most ingenious promotion I\\u2019ve seen in 21 years of being in baseball,\\u201d Signore said. \\u201cBut the players don\\u2019t get it. For myself and my daughter, we watch it faithfully. I\\u2019ve seen every episode and I own all nine seasons on DVD.&amp;#8221;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;When asked how we would explain the show to someone who has never seen it, Signore didn\\u2019t hesitate.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cThey say Seinfeld is a show about nothing,\\u201d Signore said. \\u201cI say it\\u2019s a show about everything. There are very realistic things that happen in that show that occur in everyone\\u2019s day.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;And as Elaine would say, \\u201cYadda, Yadda, Yadda . . . &amp;#8220;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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