Gary Dunaier:
Ticket to see the New York Mets v. Pittsburgh Pirates at Citi Field, September 27, 2012
Gary Dunaier:
Ticket to see the New York Mets v. Pittsburgh Pirates at Citi Field, September 27, 2012
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: offensive scene for Mets fans riding the #7 train on their way to the game, they have to look at a Budweiser ad targeting Yankee fans (IMG_5869)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field as seen from a moving Flushing-bound #7 train, 09/27/12 (IMG_5873)
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Citi Field, 09/27/12: fans arriving via subway passing through the mezzanine of the Mets-Willets Point station (IMG_5875)
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Citi Field, 09/27/12: in the mezzanine of the Mets-Willets Point station, you have to take these steps up to get to the stairway down to Mets Plaza (IMG_5877)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: the view from the stairs leading from the Mets-Willets Point Station to Mets Plaza (IMG_5880)
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Citi Field, 09/27/12: in front of the Shea Stadium Home Run Apple, the chair where earlier today Keith Hernandez had his famous mustache shaved off (IMG_5881)
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Citi Field, 09/27/12: outside the rotunda, fans wait on line to pass through security and enter the ballpark (IMG_5883)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: waiting on line to pass through security and enter the ballpark (IMG_5887)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: my ticket has successfully scanned and I can now enter the ballpark (IMG_5888)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: the program vendor in the rotunda makes another sale (IMG_5890)
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Citi Field, 09/27/12: the man everyone came to see, R.A. Dickey, as shown on a giant 2012 Topps baseball card at the top of the rotunda (IMG_5891)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: everybody wants to take a picture of the giant 2012 Topps R.A. Dickey baseball card at the top of the rotunda (IMG_5894)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: a fan in an R.A. Dickey jersey watches as his hero, along with catcher Josh Thole and pitching coach Dan Warthen, make their way from the bullpen to the dugout (IMG_5899)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: the "closed captioning" on the ribbon board shows that R.A. Dickey has just been announced as pitching and batting ninth (IMG_5903)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: on the right field scoreboard, the Mets 50th Anniversary logo is flanked by both teams' starting lineups - this is the last time we'll see it at Citi Field (IMG_5904)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: R.A. Dickey is going for his 20th win of the season today - this is his very first warmup throw after taking the mound (IMG_5907)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: on the Citi Vision, R.A. Dickey's stats are superimposed over a live shot of Dickey taking his warmup throws (IMG_5908)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: from his seat in Metropolitan Box 121, row 15, seat 3, Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey watches as R.A. Dickey takes his pre-game warmup throws (IMG_5912)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: the first pitch of the game - New York's R.A. Dickey throws a 74mph knuckleball to Pittsburgh's Starling Marte for called strike one (IMG_5913)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: Pittsburgh's Starling Marte has just struck out on three pitches in the top of the first inning - the first of 13 strikeouts R.A. Dickey will get this afternoon (IMG_5914)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: in between innings, memorable moments from 2012 were highlighted on the Citi Vision screen - this one commemorates R.A. Dickey's 19th win of the season (IMG_5915)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey is not interested in buying a "R.A.-Diculous" foam finger from this souvenir vendor (IMG_5916)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: David Wright at-bat graphic as shown on the Citi Vision in the bottom of the 1st inning (IMG_5918)
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Citi Field, 09/27/12: David Wright statistics as shown on the right field scoreboard during his at-bat in the bottom of the 1st inning (IMG_5919)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: David Wright grounds out, shortstop Jordy Mercer to first baseman Garrett Jones, for the final out in the bottom of the 1st inning (IMG_5920)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: in between innings, memorable moments from 2012 were highlighted on the Citi Vision screen - this one commemorates Johan Santana's no-hitter (IMG_5921)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: zoom-lens shot of R.A. Dickey as he throws a 79mph knuckleball to Pedro Alvarez in the top of the 2nd inning for ball one, making the count 1-1 (IMG_5922)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/27/12: unfortunately, R.A. Dickey would not get a shutout today - Garrett Jones scores Pittsburgh's first run on Rod Barajas' ground-rule double in the top of the second inning (IMG_5923)
