![]() This bizarre parade of nonsensical characters and references made plenty of sense to those who had clamored for the tickets. If you do not understand why this procession of individuals was chosen, you did not belong at this game. Among the many who threw out “first” pitches: an importer/exporter, postal workers, architects, a latex salesman, and a New York resident named George Costanza. Inside, a lanky seventy-one-year-old with a backward baseball cap over his gray curls hocked ASSMAN license plates and MASTER OF MY DOMAIN sweatshirts. (A year later they were selling for up to $100 via online auction sites.) There were reports of people later selling them for up to $60 to other desperate fans. This meant showing up at least three hours early. ![]() The first three thousand fans through the gate got bobblehead dolls that looked like former Mets player Keith Hernandez. A banner at the entrance to the field rebranded it “Vandelay Industries Park” for the day. On July 5, 2014, the team’s stadium-nestled within Coney Island’s boardwalk and hot dog stands-became its own carnivalesque attraction. And this was exactly what the sold-out crowd of 7,500 spectators had come for. They writhed and spasmed as if their lives depended on it. Only one woman could be crowned the Best Elaine. Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Shining Star” pumped through the speakers of the Brooklyn Cyclones’ minor league stadium for the world’s most herky-jerky dance-off. Three women in big hair and flowered dresses-PLUS another in jeans-convulsed on the grass near third base. Find more great reads on the Here & Now bookshelf.Jennifer Keishin Armstrong ( writes about the show's popularity in " Seinfeldia: How A Show About Nothing Changed Everything." Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson spoke with Armstrong last year about why "Seinfeld" was such a game-changer. Nineteen years after it went off the air, the sitcom "Seinfeld" still has a devoted following of viewers around the world. (Courtesy of NBC) This article is more than 5 years old. The cast of "Seinfeld," (L to R) Michael Richards as Cosmo Kramer, Jason Alexander as George Costanza, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes and Jerry Seinfeld as the show's titular character.
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