Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: view from a moving Manhattan-bound #7 train showing a billboard urging the Wilpons to sell the Mets (IMG_4846a)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: looking north over 126th Street as seen from a moving Manhattan-bound #7 train (IMG_4847)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: external view from Roosevelt Avenue, looking directly towards home plate (IMG_4848a)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: early arrivals wait for the gates to open - at the time this photo was taken, that was 35 minutes away (IMG_4849a)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: new for 2015 - metal detectors at the entrances to all Major League ballparks (IMG_4850)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: view from the front of one of the lines of fans - at the time this photo was taken, the gates were scheduled to open just 10 minutes from now (IMG_4857a)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: security men prepare to work with metal dectectors for the first time - the recessed tables next to the detectors are where fans are supposed to place the contents of their pockets (IMG_4859)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: the gates have just opened and fans are being let in (IMG_4860)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: "Pig Guy NYC" concession stand where you can get bacon on a stick - stand is outside the World's Fare Market on the Field Level near the Right Field gate (IMG_4863)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: the new marquee off the Whitestone Expressway (IMG_4864)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: those living in the Meadow Manor apartment building (34-12 113th Street, Corona) can see the new marquee from their windows, but it will probably help to have a decent pair of binoculars (IMG_4865)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: The 7 Line's stand was closed today - their 2014 schedule of organized road trips is still on their stand (IMG_4866)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: reporter Jill Nicolini of the WCBS-TV channel 2 television news interviews some young fans (IMG_4867)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: Shake Shack was closed - in front of their stand were amusements for the kids (IMG_4868)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: seats in left field, as well as those above Field Level, were closed off for today's event (IMG_4870)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: concession prices at Nathan's Hot Dogs and Chicken on the Field Level in back of section 137 - "souvenir" sodas are $7.25 (IMG_4871)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: view from the first row, behind home plate - Delta 15, row 1, seat 14 (IMG_4873a)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: looking towards right field as seen from the first row, behind home plate - Delta 15, row 1, seat 14 (IMG_4874a)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: SNY graphics showing the Mets' starting lineup for today's game (IMG_4876a)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: the Mets' 2015 season is officially underway with this first pitch of the game - a 91mph fastball from Washington's Max Scherzer to the Mets' Curtis Granderson for called strike one (IMG_4881a)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: David Wright sees his first pitch of 2015 - a 91mph Max Scherzer fastball for ball one (IMG_4882a)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: Michael Cuddyer makes his Mets debut with this 93mph fastball from Max Scherzer for called strike one (IMG_4884a)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: the Delta Club seats behind the "moat" in section 15, the section directly behind home plate, seem haphazardly laid out (IMG_4890a)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: inside the Delta Club - the window with the angle at top looks down into the Mets' batting cage (IMG_4892)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: rare view from the Hyundai Club seating - section 120, row 1, seat 5 (IMG_4897)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: Mets superstars David Wright, Mike Piazza, and Matt Harvey watch the game from Metropolitan Box seats near the visitors' dugout (IMG_4898)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: Mr. Met and his mascot friends, including Brooklyn Cyclones stalwarts Sandy the Seagull and Pee Wee, toss t-shirts into the stands prior to the top of the 6th inning (IMG_4901)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: during an "SNY Gamebreak," the Mets Viewing Party is mentioned (IMG_4907)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: the Mets have yet to get a hit, but in the top of the 6th inning David Wright reaches 2nd base on a fielding error by SS Ian Desmond, advancing Curtis Granderson (who got on via a walk) to 3rd (IMG_4908a)
Gary Dunaier:
Opening Day Watch Party at Citi Field, 04/06/15: with two out in the top 6th, Lucas Duda gets the Mets' first hit of the game (and 2015) - a single on a line drive to RF Bryce Harper, scoring Curtis Granderson and David Wright (IMG_4910)
