Gary Dunaier:
Unsevered page of tickets from 2013 New York Mets season ticket holders' ticket booklet includes tickets for Mets games of April 28 v. Philadelphia and May 7 v. Chicago (AL)
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Ticket to see the New York Mets v. the Chicago White Sox at Citi Field, May 7, 2013
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: inside the mezzanine of the Mets-Willets Point subway station - souvenir vendor on the left, ballpark straight ahead (IMG_0187)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: external view from Roosevelt Avenue, looking directly towards home plate (IMG_0188)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: outside Mets Plaza, a generator from Arpielle Equipment, who advertised on the Citi Field scoreboard in the ballpark's first season (IMG_0191a)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: "Citi Tuesdays" truck parked on Mets Plaza - this year they're giving away rally towels, not Cracker Jack (IMG_0193)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: fans line up outside the Chevrolet booth (not shown) to take the "Mets Trivia Challenge" (IMG_0194)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: in Mets Plaza, a Chevrolet Malibu decked out in Mets colors and laden with Mets factoids (IMG_0195)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: my ticket has successfully scanned and I can now enter the ballpark (IMG_0198)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: the Mariachi Real de Mexico mariachi band performs for fans arriving in the rotunda (IMG_0199)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: the Mariachi Real de Mexico mariachi band performs for fans arriving in the rotunda (IMG_0200)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: arriving fans watch the Mariachi Real de Mexico mariachi band as they perform in the rotunda (IMG_0206)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: new for 2013: freestanding sign telling fans with tickets in Left Field Landing 334-339 to take the escalator in back of Left Field Reserved 139 (IMG_0210)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: new for 2013: freestanding sign telling fans with tickets in Left Field Landing 334-339 to take the escalator in back of Left Field Reserved 139 (IMG_0214)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: riding the left field escalator from the Field Level to the Excelsior Level (IMG_0217)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: pre-game pitching statistics for tonght's starter, Matt Harvey (IMG_0219)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: new for 2013: "Countdown To First Pitch" timer on the Citi Vision (IMG_0222)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: All-Star ballot display - vote early, vote often (IMG_0225a)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: All-Star ballot display - vote early, vote often (IMG_0227a)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: until today, the White Sox had never played the Mets in New York - this is the historic first lineup, as shown on the right field scoreboard (IMG_0229)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: the starting pitchers - Hector Santiago for Chicago and Matt Harvey for New York (IMG_0231)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: as a tribute to Matt Harvey, whose uniform number is 33, I snapped this picture of the Countdown To First Pitch clock at 33:33 (IMG_0232a)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: the Mariachi Real de Mexico mariachi band, who performed in the rotunda earlier, now provide pre-game entertainment on the field (IMG_0236)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: as the Mariachi Real de Mexico mariachi band provides pre-game entertainment, a ribbon board ad in Spanish promotes "your home for Mets baseball in Spanish" (IMG_0238)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: the concourse below the Promenade Outfield seats is a ghost town (IMG_0239)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: Promenade Outfield 538 - the best section in the entire ballpark (IMG_0240)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: for the first time ever, Mets fans will get to see the Chicago White Sox at Citi Field (IMG_0241)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: 64x digital zoom closeup of the Sno Cone and Cotton Candy stand below Promenade Reserved 519 - photo taken from the other side of the ballpark (Promenade Outfield 538) (IMG_0242)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/07/13: as a tribute to the infamous 1919 Chicago Black Sox, I took this photo when the Countdown To First Pitch clock read 19:19 (IMG_0244)
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Citi Field, 05/07/13: tonight's National Anthem singers, the Lower Hudson Valley Youth Chorus, make their way onto the field - note the wooden "stage" so they don't actually stand on the grass (IMG_0245)
