The New York Yankees’ most famous traveling assistant is finally getting the recognition he deserves.
George Costanza, the raging, neurotic and paranoid character played by actor Jason Alexander in the classic 1990s TV hit Seinfeld, will receive a bobblehead figure in his likeness. I was forced to do so. Yankees celebrate “Seinfeld Night” on July 5th.
team Published in X On Friday, the first 18,000 fans to watch the Bombers play the Red Sox will receive a free Costanza bobblehead.
“Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle…Costanza!?” the club cheekily tweeted when announcing the promotion.
The plastic figure depicts Costanza, co-star and series co-creator Jerry Seinfeld’s annoying best friend, in batting stance atop a Yankees pinstriped base. .
Around the base is white text that reads “Assistant Traveling Secretary,” a reference to Costanza’s fictional role in the multi-season storyline in which he worked for the team.
Alexander’s character famously once had trouble with prizes at a ball game, in an episode where Jerry calls in a fake bomb threat at Yankee Stadium and demands fitted hats instead of snapbacks at the upcoming Fan Appreciation Day. That’s what it was.
Of course, the arduous and thankless task of collecting hats in thousands of sizes was left to the down-on-his-luck Costanza, who, despite his incompetence on the job, was shown on the show by Yankees late owner George Steinbrenner. succeeded in attracting the favor of
Steinbrenner was often ridiculed in the series, portrayed as a buffoon and prone to absurd fantasies. He is only seen from behind and is voiced by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David.
Costanza’s disrespect for the organization was a recurring running gag in the series as the Yankees rose from the depths of the slump of the ’80s to the dynasty of the ’90s.
In the episode where he was about to get fired, he showed up to a meeting wearing Babe Ruth’s original uniform and eating strawberries.
Later in the same episode, he dragged the team’s World Series trophy off the back bumper of his car and into the stadium parking lot, blaming “idiots in the front office” and saying, “Your wins don’t mean anything.” declared.
He also introduced the infamous all-cotton team uniform, and was appalled at the use of polyester in the iconic pinstriped pants and jerseys, saying, “I didn’t realize they used to make leisure suits out of this fabric.” Are you there?” he said.
Predictably, like all the initiatives he spearheaded for the team, the cotton jerseys were a disaster, shrinking after washing and hampering player movement.
Yankees legends like Paul O’Neal, Bernie Williams and Derek Jeter have appeared on “Seinfeld” over the years.
Alexander was nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards for his role as Costanza, but lost each time to co-star Michael Richards, who played fan-favorite eccentric Kramer on the series.
