"Entertainment Weekly" was kind enough this week to remind us that Monday marks the 20th anniversary of the debut of the television sitcom "Seinfeld."

Jerry Seinfeld is one of the biggest Mets fans out there, and he incorporated that into his show. AP Photo/Bill Kostroun

You may notice in my bio that I refer to myself as a "Mets historian." There are only two other subjects about which I'm cocky enough to label myself as a historian. One is the comic strip "Peanuts." The other is the show whose anniversary we're celebrating.

So, figuring that this is a good opportunity to pair passions, I thought I'd reminisce and mix two of them in the best way possible. The website Seinfeldscripts.com allowed me to find all the "Seinfeld" episodes in which the Mets were referenced. Let's go through them:

GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS (July 5, 1989)

To say that "Seinfeld" debuted on May 31, 1990, is true but requires an asterisk. That marked the airing of the first of four episodes that marked Season 1.

The actual "Seinfeld" pilot aired nearly a full year earlier, as "The Seinfeld Chronicles," when NBC didn't know what the heck it was going to do with this show about nothing.

In the fifth scene of the pilot, Jerry reveals his baseball affiliation (on the show, and in real life), responding to a middle-of-the-night phone call as he is preparing to flip on his TV.

"If you know what happened in the Mets game, don't say anything, I taped it, hello "

The call turns out to be a wrong number. Unfortunately, Jerry's hopes of watching the game are ruined when Kramer announces his presence for the first time.

"Boy, the Mets blew it tonight, huh?"