George Steinbrenner and Seinfeld

It’s been a pretty long day for fans of the New York Yankees and true fans of the game of baseball. I’ve been glued to ESPN all day watching coverage of the passing of owner George Steinbrenner and the imprint he’s left on the game, good and bad. Since my post earlier this morning I’ve been trying to figure out how to talk about this Yankee great and how to share many of my own memories growing up watching HIS Yankees.

At this moment, I still can’t think of how to put thoughts in word so I figured let’s have some fun in honoring the man. One thing you keep hearing today on ESPN is how he was larger then the game of baseball, there was a reoccurring character on Seinfeld based on him, and he’s hosted Saturday Night Live. They haven’t shown many of those clips today, so I figured why not look at some memorable “Steinbrenner” moments from Seinfeld.

The Boss did actually appear on the show once so we’ll start off with that clip.

When it came to the show itself, George Constanza was always searching for a job and then quickly finding his way out of jobs. Before he even got to start his “job” with the Yankees he almost lost it. Take a look.

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George quickly became the Bosses lil, well “bitch”.

Surprisingly during his run George did plenty of things that the boss liked and somehow even got himself promoted. While at the same time the show makes fun of Steinbrenner’s history of firing managers.

After a while, Costanza did all he could to get himself fired but the Boss just pulled the trigger on someone else.

Costanza meant so much to George Steinbrenner that the boss even paid a visit to the Seinfeld groups “Good Samaritan” case testifying on behalf of George but yet bungling the whole thing. The writers also made fun of his knack to throw tons of money at the wrong players.

There we go those are some clips of Steinbrenner and Seinfeld, while George was involved in only one it does also show the kind of owner he was. He made quick, rash decisions normally without thinking things through which made him pretty easy for many to make fun of him. There are so many other clips that also show the kind of good man he also was, like when he visited the Costanza residence after it was believed George had passed, but still making fun of his decisions.