Gary Dunaier: Unsevered page of tickets from 2014 New York Mets season ticket holders' ticket booklet includes tickets for Mets game of September 28 v. Houston Astros and two blank tickets
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field and the "Iron Triangle" as seen from a moving Manhattan-bound #7 train, 09/28/14 (IMG_2850a)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: looking north over 126th Street as seen from a moving Manhattan-bound #7 train (IMG_2851)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: the souvenir stand in the Mets-Willets Point subway station is getting ready to open for business (IMG_2852)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: in the rotunda, promotions staffers prepare the boxes of Casey Stengel bobbleheads that will be given to the first 20,000 fans (IMG_2853)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: exterior view on the first base side, looking towards the Payson door (IMG_2854)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: on 38th Avenue, an auto body employee cleans the window of a customer's car (IMG_2856)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: outside the Bullpen Gate, season ticket holders check in for the Season Ticket Holder Appreciation Day event (IMG_2858)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: the 2013 All-Star Game logo that was attached to the Citi Vision, and the two "Apples On Parade" apples, are now located next to the elevator that takes you from Bullpen Plaza to the Field Level (IMG_2861)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson signs an autograph for a season ticket holder (IMG_2863)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: Mets broadcaster Howie Rose MC'ed the raffle part of the Season Ticket Holder Appreciation Day event - here, he's handed the next winning ticket (IMG_2868a)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: a large crowd eagerly hangs on to Howie Rose's every word as the Mets broadcaster calls out the winning numbers in the Season Ticket Holder Appreciation Day raffle (IMG_2872a)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: after the Season Ticket Holder Appreciation Day raffle, photo ops with Howie Rose (IMG_2882)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: while waiting for the next photo op, Howie Rose sees me clicking away and gives me a smile (IMG_2883a)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: feeding frenzy for Jonathon Niese's autograph, the Mets pitcher paying a surprise visit to the Season Ticket Holder Appreciation Day event (IMG_2885)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: Mets pitcher Jonathon Niese paid a surprise visit to the Season Ticket Holder Appreciation Day event and signed some autographs (IMG_2896)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: pre-game statistics of this afternoon's starting pitchers, Nick Tropeano for Houston and Bartolo Colon for New York (IMG_2897a)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: catcher Juan Centeno, pitcher Bartolo Colon, and pitching coach Dan Warthen have almost finished the long walk from the bullpen to the dugout (IMG_2898a)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: Bartolo Colon's statistics are shown on the scoreboard just prior to the start of the game (IMG_2899a)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: the first pitch of the game - Bartolo Colon throws an 88mph fastball to Robbie Grossman for ball 1 (IMG_2900a)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: "Thank You Fans" message from Anthony Recker (IMG_2901a)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: "Thank You Fans" message from Wilmer Flores and Ruben Tejada (IMG_2902a)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: "Thank You Fans" message from Matt den Dekker (IMG_2903a)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: "Thank You Fans" message from Vic Black (IMG_2904a)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: "Thank You Fans" message from Buddy Carlisle (IMG_2905a)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: "Thank You Fans" message from Travis d'Arnaud (IMG_2906a)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: "Thank You Fans" message from Lucas Duda (IMG_2907a)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: "Thank You Fans" message from Dillon Gee (IMG_2908a)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: "Thank You Fans" message from Curtis Granderson (IMG_2909a)
Gary Dunaier: Citi Field, 09/28/14: "Thank You Fans" message from Rafael Montero and Dario Alvarez (IMG_2910a)