Jerry befriends baseball hall-of-famer Keith Hernandez and wants to make a good impression on him but problems arise when Elaine starts dating him. George does what he can to keep his unemployment money coming.
Tropes:
- Actor Allusion: The "Magic Loogie" theory is similar to the "Magic Bullet" theory as depicted in JFK; Wayne Knight, Newman's actor, starred in the film.
- Artistic License – History: Newman specifies that the spitting incident happened after the Mets lost to the Phillies on June 14, 1987. In reality, however, the two teams did not face each other that day; the Phillies defeated the Montreal Expos 11-6, and the Mets defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3.
- As Himself: Keith Hernandez.
- Brick Joke: Early on, George expresses a desire to date and have sex with a really tall woman. At the end of the episode, a very tall woman shows up to give him his wallet, which he unknowingly dropped. George looks absolutely starstruck.
- Caught with Your Pants Down: Happens to George when Kramer unwittingly foils George's Vandelay Industries scheme but running out of the bathroom with his pants down, though with his boxers on. And cries on the floor afterwards. Then Jerry walks in and sees George laying there, giving the immortal line "And you wanna be my latex salesman."
- Celebrity Lie: In one last desperate attempt to convince the unemployment agent Ms. Sokol to give him an extension to his money, George says he's friends with Keith Hernandez and can get him here, since she's a huge Mets fan. But it fails when George arrives too late as he's just leaving.
- Everyone Has Standards: Though Jerry agreed to help Keith move (reluctantly though), he is quick to say that he is not DRIVING HIM TO THE AIRPORT!!
- Green-Eyed Monster: Jerry becomes this when Keith starts dating Elaine, even more so when Keith cancels plans with him in favor of a date.
- Hypocrite: Kramer is incredibly disgusted by Jerry for agreeing to help Keith Hernandez move. But after Jerry and Keith's break-up, and Kramer and Newman made peace with him, they all go with Keith to help him move.
- Inner Monologue: Jerry has one with hanging with Keith Hernandez, with him having doubts about making a good impression. And later on, Keith and Elaine have their own with Keith having to swat away his doubts by reminding himself he's Keith Hernandez.
- Parody: The scene where Jerry deconstructs who spat on Kramer and Newman after the bad Mets game Keith Hernandez had in 1987 is a parody of Kevin Costner in JFK, right down to mentioning a "magic loogie" in place of a "magic bullet," though Jerry tells Keith he's never seen it. In turn, the footage of the spitting incident during Jerry's analysis parodies the Zapruder Film.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: On the way to tell Jerry about the Vandelay scheme, George takes a taxi, telling the driver what to do, driving him crazy and throwing him out. Later on, when he needs to get Keith to help him, he gets into the taxi and it's the same driver, which he then wisely decides to bolt.
- Snowball Lie: George's first scheme to keep his unemployment money is to claim he tried to get a job at Vandelay Industries as a latex salesman. He gives them Jerry's address and phone number and includes him in the plan. But it gets foiled when Kramer answers the phone instead and, unaware of the scheme, explains that it's an apartment.
- Smoking Is Not Cool: Elaine ends up breaking up with Keith Hernandez because he's a smoker.
- Spiteful Spit: In the 1987 game, Kramer and Newman thought Keith Hernandez spit on them, when it turned out Roger McDowell was the real culprit, due to the two men harassing him all game.
- Statuesque Stunner: George discusses with Jerry about how he fantasizes about sleeping with a tall woman and sounds excited when Jerry says the tallest woman he slept with was 6'3. At the end of the episode, a tall woman approaches George to let him know he dropped his wallet, and he has the look that implies he's going to try to hook up with her.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: George fails to keep his unemployment benefits despite all his efforts over the past two episodes. But he gets approached by a gorgeous tall woman who wants to return his wallet, which he unwittingly dropped, sparing him more trouble, and giving him the chance to experience a personal fantasy of his.
- We Used to Be Friends: Happens to Jerry and Keith when the former comes to his senses and declares it's too soon to ask to help him move.
