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Houston Astros pitcher Jason Alexander throws the ball during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith) Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Jason Alexander is an actor best known for playing the short stocky character George Costanza on NBC’s Seinfeld from 1990 through 1998 in a comedic run where he spent a few seasons portraying the assistant traveling secretary for the Yankees. In the world surrounding the Yankees, Jason Alexander is a 32-year-old pitcher who spent eight seasons in the minors and made their latest loss a show about nothing. Alexander’s mix of changeups and sinkers were not really nothing but the continuation of two-plus bad months and it started before he threw any of his 87 pitches. The Yankees were playing uphill Jose Altuve homered on the first pitch, getting his 250th career homer mere moments after fans kept booing him Sunday for his role in the 2017 cheating scandal. The minute Altuve clobbered a misplaced Max Fried fastball into the left field seats for only his 15th career regular-season homer against the Yankees, it was an ominous sign, especially with a series of nothingness from the at-bats, especially after a 25-pitch first inning. So little was happening for the Yankees that Alexander was inching closer to qualifying in the categories “pitched a no-hitter/Astros” in the popular immaculate grid until Ben Rice singled with one out in the sixth and that was negated by Aaron Judge hitting into a double play. It was a rough weekend for the Yankees yet again as they heard pointed criticism from some of their former players ahead of a ceremony honoring the 2000 championship team, a group who figured out how to survive going from 22-9…

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