East Hampton resident Jerry Seinfeld is the ultimate New York Mets fan, but his loyalty does have its boundaries.
Two weeks ago Seinfeld told the world that he’d named his new puppy Jose after Mets shortstop Jose Reyes. The dachshund was featured live on Live! as Seinfeld guest-hosted with fellow Hamptonite Kelly Ripa. Seinfeld revealed, “This is Jose that we just got and we got him because the Seinfeld family loves Jose Reyes so much, and we want the Mets to keep Jose Reyes.”
“We want you to make a deal with Jose Reyes. That’s what we want. … He’s my favorite baseball player. He’s the most thrilling baseball player.”
Seinfeld was humorously called out by WFAN’s Craig Carton of the Boomer and Carton Show when the host took the comedian to task for a lack of machismo. Seinfeld immediately responded by saying on the air, “I’m talking about my kids, I’m holding a puppy, how do you want me to talk, like Charles Bronson?”
It wouldn’t have helped. No matter how tough he talked nor how hard he hoped his favorite player would resign with the Mets, Jose Reyes is now officially a Florida Marlin, having signed a $106 million, six-year contract that was finalized today.
On a positive note, however, Seinfeld will be keeping Jose the dog. As Carton said this morning, “he has a no trade paws.”
Jerry is great! We all miss him in my house. We just launched a new kid’s ebook site. It is a family site with kid’s visual/audio ebooks, a Chef video and a sports newsletter. Maybe Jerry can just click on our site and take his pick since the trade of the Mets player Jose Reyes. The site’s web address is: http://WWW.ARTISTCOVESHORTSTORIES.COM
Jerry, if you are reading this, let us know what you think.