![]() Kramer is playing golf and taking tips from Stan the Caddy, who has transformed his golf swing. This entire episode has so many sports references, but they're all integral to the plot and influence each other. When you're killing time at the airport, it's only logical you'd end up betting on flight arrival times. The Diplomat's Club, season 6, episode 22 We've all been there - or at least when we still used actual alarm clocks. Same episode as George and the Astros, but this plot line is about Elaine's friend, Jean-Paul, who's a marathon runner trying to bounce back from missing the 26.2-mile race at the Olympics because of an alarm clock issue. While showing them a good time, he picks up some of their phrases, which leads to multiple ridiculous misunderstandings throughout the episode. George's feigned stress at work leads his boss to tell him to relax and entertain some Houston Astros reps. Jimmy even gets Kramer to try out a pair of his shoes.Ä£2. Jimmy attracts a lot of attention with his shoes. Obviously, hours of poker -which is a sport for us! - and smoking is the best pre-AIDS walk ritual. This episode also gives us an amazing George Steinbrenner moment. Hey, it's a creative (read: gross) solution to an overcrowded community pool - or, as Kramer puts it, "swimming through a flabby armed spanking machine" with the older crowd in water aerobics class. Who says you can't swim in the East River? The punchline as Seinfeld enters his apartment? He just misses the knockout and catches the referee counting as he turns on his television. The whole plot of this episode is based around everyone going to Jerry's to watch boxing. Although most impressions probably don't end this hysterically. And let's face it: We've all been there thinking we can imitate MJ. Kramer's Michael Jordan impressionÄon't get caught up by George and Jerry pretending to be Nazis in a stolen limo ride and forget about Kramer pretending to be Jordan. There's more Mickey Mantle to come on this list, too. "It's like finding out Mickey Mantle corked his bat!" While most certainly not the most famous line from this episode - "They're real, and they're spectacular" is - Jerry's reaction to incorrectly finding out his new girlfriend has implants is a funny sports reference. But we love it because Kramer is a spectacularly animated storyteller. Simpson parody chase scene with Kramer driving the white Bronco. The faux baseball player loses it, and the gang believes this incident led him to murder his dry cleaner. Kramer penalizes fictional pro baseball player Steve Gendason for picking up and cleaning his ball before hitting his second shot. Check the rules before golfing with Kramer It's kind of funny, but not the most creative of plots. Kramer convinces Jerry to keep dating Katya - an Olympic medalist in gymnastics - because he thinks her elite flexibility will have its advantages in the bedroom. He could've played just as well with a log." 41. "Elaine, I paid $200 for this racquet, because he said it's the only one he plays with. You'd feel cheated too if you were convinced to buy a tennis racquet from this guy. If you're ever looking for (more) excuses not to watch the Knicks, let Jerry and Elaine help you out - from choir practice of eastern European national anthems to donating organs. This one gets pretty dark - for Seinfeld - at the end. As Jerry once said, let's start the insanity. ![]() Other than that, we thought about how funny the moment was. Our criteria? If cover it at For The Win, it's a sport. On Monday, the day of the 20th anniversary of the finale, we saved our best list of all: The greatest sports moments on the series. We've gone through the greatest George Steinbrenner moments, the best sports cameos, 12 times Seinfeld references made their way into the real sports world and interviewed Keith Hernandez about his iconic two-part episode. The show's nine seasons are filled with sports - probably more than you remember - so we're breaking them all down. It's been 20 years to the date since Seinfeld aired its series finale, and to honor the brilliantly creative show about nothing - which remains a pillar of popular culture with one-liners from the show often referenced in everyday life - we counted down to the May 14th anniversary in the only way we knew how: sports references.
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