No Yankee is ever comin' to Houston!

Tyler Kepner reminded me of George Costanza's hilarious interaction with Houston Astros' "executives" on Seinfeld.*

Clayton: Hey, Zeke wants to know when you Yankee bastards are comin' to Houston!

George: You tell that son of a bitch no Yankee is ever comin' to Houston. Not as long as you bastards are running things.

I don't know how I forgot about that when I realized the Yankees would be playing in Houston this season!

*If it's clean enough to air on NBC and in syndication without editing, it's clean enough to be posted here.

Cue the Seinfeld jokes

The Yankees traveling secretary is being investigated.

Yankees traveling secretary David Szen is involved in a tax investigation and is taking a leave of absence.

Szen was the Yankees' media relations director in 1982, later worked for the Seattle Mariners and returned to the Yankees in the 1990s as traveling secretary.

"We understand that the government is investigating personal tax issues regarding David Szen," Yankees spokesman Howard Rubenstein said Wednesday. "The Yankees have cooperated with that inquiry. David Szen has requested and has been granted administrative leave."

Ben Tuliebitz, the Yankees' assistant media relations director, is taking over Szen's duties (source).

George Costanza missed his big break by about 10 years.