In a 1994 episode of “Seinfeld” called “The Opposite” the hard-luck Costanza implements the advice of Jerry, who suggested, “if every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right.”
“Everything I was thinking, they did the opposite,” Eaton said. “So I was thinking 3-2 [count] should be a heater here and I’m like, well, that’s the opposite, so I should George Costanza it and just go ahead and said breaking ball, and that’s what happened.”
He hit a two-run double to put the Nats up 3-0, and Washington held on for a 3-1 victory to take a 2-0 series lead.
“George was right and I happened to be right,” Eaton said.
The Summer of George!
Or in this case, the Fall.
