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Ticket to see the New York Mets v. the Miami Marlins at Citi Field, April 24, 2012
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: Mets Plaza as seen from the mezzanine of the Mets-Willets Point station (IMG_8597)
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Citi Field exterior as seen from directly behind home plate, 04/24/12 (IMG_8599)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: Roosevelt Avenue entrance to Mets Plaza (IMG_8600)
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Citi Field exterior as seen from directly behind home plate, 04/24/12 (IMG_8601)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: fans waiting to get their tickets scanned so they can enter Citi Field (IMG_8602)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: fans waiting to get their tickets scanned so they can enter Citi Field (IMG_8604)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: mock 2012 Topps Kirk Nieuwenhuis card as part of the "Topps Starting Lineup" display; this will be his 16th Major League game (IMG_8606)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: sample 50th Anniversary Fan Walk brick on display at the Fan Information booth on the Field Level, near the rotunda (IMG_8607)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: no line at this "Bottled Beer" stand on the Promenade Level near the left field corner, approximately 15 minutes before the start of the game (IMG_8608)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: approximately 10 minutes before the start of the game, the concourse behind the Promenade Outfield seats in left field is a ghost town (IMG_8609)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: starting lineups on the right field scoreboard prior to the start of the game (IMG_8610)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: Jose Reyes signs a few autographs before the start of the game (IMG_8611)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: Jose Reyes signs a few autographs before the start of the game (IMG_8612)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: Jose Reyes signs a few autographs before the start of the game (IMG_8613)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: Jose Reyes signs a few autographs before the start of the game (IMG_8614)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: a scene from the video tribute to Jose Reyes shown prior to the game (IMG_8616)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: the Miami Marlins' starting lineup is announced; the "closed captioning" shows Jose Reyes leading off for Miami (IMG_8620)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: Jose Reyes is about to enter the batter's box at Citi Field for the first time as a Miami Marlin (IMG_8623)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: Johan Santana is into his motion and about to throw the second pitch of the game to Jose Reyes (IMG_8647)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: on the second pitch of the game, Jose Reyes has just drilled a Johan Santana fastball to center field, but Kirk Nieuwenhuis would make a spectacular catch to rob him of a base hit (IMG_8648)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: Jose Reyes takes the field at Citi Field for the first time as a visiting player (IMG_8657)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: Kirk Nieuwenhuis stats as shown on the right field scoreboard just prior to his at-bat in the bottom of the 1st inning - this will be his 16th game in the majors (IMG_8660)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: former Mets general manager Omar Minaya is the best hitter ever at Citi Field (IMG_8666)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: this Josh Johnson fastball in the bottom of the 2nd inning is the first pitch seen by David Wright with his former teammate Jose Reyes now a member of the opposing club (IMG_8668)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: Josh Johnson strikes out in the top of the 3rd inning - it's the 6th of 11 strikeouts Johan Santana would get tonight (IMG_8673)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: Jose Reyes statistics as shown as he comes up to bat in the top of the 3rd inning (IMG_8674)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: unusual view of the Citi Vision and right field scoreboards as shown during Jose Reyes' at-bat in the top of the 3rd inning (IMG_8675)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: Jose Reyes grounds out to shortstop for the final out in the top of the 3rd inning (IMG_8678)
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Citi Field, 04/24/12: the "Hot Dogs and Chicken" concession stand in the left field corner on the Promenade level was closed tonight (IMG_8685)
