When Jerry Seinfeld and Elaine Benes went to dinner one night with Kramer and his girlfriend, a clothing designer and a low talker, he unknowingly agreed to wear a puffy shirt on The Today Show. He was just being nice during conversation, one in which he didn't understand anything coming out of Leslie's mouth. He ended up looking like a pirate, even though he didn't want to be a pirate.

To commemorate not only "The Puffy Shirt" episode of Seinfeld, but also the sitcom's 25th anniversary, our favorite minor league team, the ECHL's Bakersfield Condors, will don a specialty jersey on Nov. 16.

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They are real and they are spectacular! The jerseys will also feature "sponsor" names like Vandelay Industries, Pendant Publishing and the legendary Kramerica Industries. (Did Darren ever find that chicken?)

The jerseys won't feature the last names of any Condors player. Instead, the names of various characters on the show will on the backs, like Jerry, George, Kramer, Newman, Frank Costanza, Puddy, J. Peterman, Steinbrenner, Morty Seinfeld, Uncle Leo, Art Vandelay, Kenny Bania, Lloyd Braun, Jackie Chiles, Crazy Joe Davola, Mandelbaum, Bubble Boy, Keith Hernandez, Mickey Abbott, Assman.

Kenny Banya thinks this idea is the best, Jerry, the best!

There are five open slots and the team is holding a fan contest to fill out the roster. We have some suggestions:

• Franklin Delano Romanowski: For the post-game snowball fight.

• Jack Klompus: The Condors can also giveaway astronaut pens.

• Dr. Tim Whatley: Whoever buys his jersey in the post-game auction can just re-gift it during the holidays.

• Bob Sacamano: In case anyone was looking for a warm Russian hat*. (*Hats may be made out of rat hair.)

• Bob Cobb a.k.a. The Maestro: Someone has to conduct the playing of the national anthem before the game, right?









Proceeds from the jersey auction will benefit the M.A.R.E. Riding Center in Bakersfield.

Other notable details from Seinfeld night include an Elaine Bene-style dance-off, a Festivus (for the rest of us!) pole giveaway, intermission rickshaw race and a costume contest where the winner will receive a marble rye.

We don't want to oversell it, but this might be the greatest idea since Kramer's beach cologne.

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Sean Leahy is the associate editor for Puck Daddy on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @Sean_Leahy