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Paul O'Neill's brief "Seinfeld" cameo is still paying off — literally.
The former New York Yankees star appeared in the episode "The Wink" in season 7 as just one of several Yankees to be on the hit series throughout its dominance in the 1990s.
In case you're unfamiliar, O'Neill's episode is the one where Kramer (played by Michael Richards) promises a boy in the hospital that he would get the right fielder to hit two home runs in a game in an effort to try to get back a birthday card for owner George Steinbrenner, signed by members of the Yankees, that he had sold.
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Paul O'Neill, left, plays himself in a scene with Michael Richards in an episode of "Seinfeld." (Barry Slobin/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
While calling Wednesday's Yankees game against the Houston Astros on the YES Network, fellow color commentator David Cone referred to O'Neill as a "star" for his work on the show.
Cone, O'Neill's teammate from 1995 to 2000, then asked O'Neill if he still got residuals from the show.
"Yeah, they're like 57 bucks," O'Neill replied. "It's not big time. It's a good reminder, though, that you were on the show. It's kinda cool."
Play-by-play announcer Michael Kay quipped, "That's a glass of wine for you at a nice restaurant."
O'Neill appears in the episode "The Wink" in season 7 of "Seinfeld." (Barry Slobin/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
In addition to O'Neill, Yankees players Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams and Danny Tartabull and manager Buck Showalter also appeared on the series, while a stunt double was used for Steinbrenner that was voiced by co-creator
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