George Costanza steps up to the plate, bat at the ready. The pitch comes flying in. Crack. The ball is outta here. It’s home run number 47 on the season for George. His stocky, balding five foot four form jogs leisurely around the bases, back towards a dugout full to the brim with other George Costanzas.
Despite being his exact doppelgangers, none of them are like him. They’re just regular Georges and for 161 games so far, they’ve been doing their best.
When the New York Yankees turned up for spring training at the start of this season in MLB The Show 24’s franchise mode, you could tell something wasn’t right. Aaron Judge was no longer a hulking leader of men, Gerrit Cole was no longer a star pitcher, Juan Soto was no longer a silver slugger winning hitter. Instead, they were all self-insert versions of Larry David. They were all Georges.
