JERRYBALL

On July 5 the Brooklyn Cyclones, a Mets Class A affiliate, will host Seinfeld Night in honor of the sitcom's 25th anniversary. If the cast members took the field, here's what positions they'd play.

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PLAYER	POSITION	SKINNY
Jackie Chiles	2B	King of double-talk, can turn the triple play—Outrageous! Egregious! Preposterous!
Elaine Benes	SS	A sponge on D, but oft-fined for being out of uniform (Orioles hat).
Keith Hernandez	1B	Honorary cast member never got to home but knew there had to be a second spitter.
Estelle Costanza	RF	Shrill housewife has a gun—she's had George pegged for years—and she's "out there."
Kenny Bania	3B	At the hot corner Seinfeld's comedic nemesis flashes a glove that is gold, Jerry, gold!
Newman	C	Squatty postman practices his pegs to second by tossing mail to the wrong address.
Jerry Seinfeld	LF	Sprint champ has good speed; show ran for nine years, and he played the field the entire time.
George Costanza	CF	Natural spot for the Yankees' employee who wanted to name his kid after Mickey Mantle's number.
Cosmo Kramer	P	Fire-haired fireballer owns the inside half; beaned Joe Pepitone at fantasy camp.

SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE

The Astros celebrated the April 16 major league debut of one of their top prospects, rightfielder George Springer, by misspelling his name on the scoreboard during his first at bat.

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CHRIS HASTON/NBCU PHOTO BANK/GETTY IMAGES (SEINFELD, GEORGE, ELAINE, KRAMER, ESTELLE); JOEY DELVALLE/NBCU PHOTO BANK/GETTY IMAGES (BANIA, NEWMAN, CHILES); E. DOUGHERTY/GETTY IMAGES (HERNANDEZ)

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