Former Baseball Star Keith Hernandez Reveals His Ongoing Earnings From Seinfeld Reruns

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More than 30 years after it first aired, Keith Hernandez continues to collect royalty checks from his memorable “Magic Loogie” appearance.

The former New York Mets first baseman remains one of the most recognizable guest stars in the history of the long-running sitcom “Seinfeld,” thanks to his fictional portrayal of himself in the 1992 episode “The Boyfriend.” In the segment, Hernandez was depicted as the alleged source of a spitting incident, a clever parody of the famous “Magic Bullet” sequence from the Warren Commission’s investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Hernandez, now a television baseball analyst, recently acknowledged that he continues to receive compensation from the episode’s repeated broadcasts and streaming availability. The appearance has taken on a life of its own in popular culture, far outlasting many of the baseball accomplishments that originally made Hernandez famous, including his World Series championship with the Mets in 1986 and his 11 consecutive Gold Glove Awards.

The episode remains among the most celebrated in the sitcom’s catalog, with the spitting parody widely regarded as one of the most inventive comedic sequences the show ever produced. For Hernandez, the brief foray into scripted television has proven to be an unexpectedly enduring and financially rewarding chapter of his post-playing career.