Long-time Mets fans Jerry Seinfeld and newly-re-signed Met Yoenis Cespedes have a history together when it comes to social media.
First, there was Seinfeld's welcoming of Cespedes last trade deadline on Twitter. Then there was this reaction ...
(via @Mets, though Chris Rock's reaction is better)
... this Cespedes bomb in the playoffs:
Now that the lead (aka "lede") has been totally buried -- you know, just for fun -- we're here because this was Seinfeld's reaction to the Cespedes re-up early Saturday morning:
"I reached for Cespedes, but so did another team. As I rained money upon him, I realized there had to be another way. A one-year opt out."
— Jerry Seinfeld (@JerrySeinfeld) January 23, 2016
This is an excellent Festivus reference. To the video footage!
A CESPEDES FOR THE REST OF US!