Gary Dunaier:
Unsevered page of tickets from 2015 New York Mets season ticket holders' ticket booklet includes tickets for Mets games of May 15 and 16 v. Milwaukee
Gary Dunaier:
Ticket to see the New York Mets v. Milwaukee Brewers at Citi Field, May 16, 2015 - box office style ticket
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: tonight, metal detectors were only used on fans without bags - fans with bags went through a visual inspection but did not go through the detectors (IMG_5332a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: tonight, metal detectors were only used on fans without bags - fans with bags went through a visual inspection but did not go through the detectors (IMG_5336)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: having just gone through the turnstile, I am about to be presented with my Mets Fedora giveaway item (I received the one the man is holding in his right hand) (IMG_5339)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: a stack of tonight's giveaway item, Mets Fedora hats, awaits distribution to arriving fans (IMG_5340a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: an arriving fan is presented with tonight's giveaway item, a Mets Fedora hat (IMG_5342)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: starting pitcher Jacob deGrom's giant 2015 Topps card is shown in the Starting Lineup display - note its placement in the #8 position, not the customary #9 slot (IMG_5349)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: fans waiting on line to sign up as a Designated Driver - ironically, the Designated Driver booth is located right in front of an ad for beer (IMG_5351)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: Pat LaFreida original filet mignon steak sandwiches ($16) on the grill (IMG_5353)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: Mr. Met up close as he leaves his pre-game meet-and-greet (IMG_5359)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: "Bark In The Park" participants on the warning track in front of the Mets' dugout (IMG_5361)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: as a grounds crew man "paints" the Mets' logo on the pitchers' mound, "Bark In The Park" participants parade their dogs on the warning track in front of the Sterling Level seating (IMG_5362)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: starting pitcher Jacob deGrom warms up in right field (IMG_5365)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: starting pitcher Jacob deGrom has finished his pre-game warmups and is heading back to the Mets' bullpen (IMG_5366)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: welcome to Mets Fedora Giveaway (IMG_5367a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: as the National Anthem singers assemble on the field, Mets players engage in pre-game Calisthenics (IMG_5368)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: as starting pitcher Jacob deGrom warms up in the bullpen, a grounds crew man returns the platform on which the National Anthem singers stood during their performance to its storage space (IMG_5382)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: starting pitcher Jacob deGrom has just left the Mets' bullpen and is going to the dugout (IMG_5383a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: it's a long walk from the bullpen to the dugout (IMG_5385a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: the first pitch of the game - an 89mph slider from New York's Jacob deGrom to Milwaukee's Carlos Gomez for ball one (IMG_5390a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: Carlos Gomez watches as Jacob deGrom's 91mph slider whizzes by for called strike three - the first of six strikeouts deGrom would get tonight (IMG_5393a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: Jacob deGrom's statistics as shown on the right field scoreboard immediately following deGrom's first strikeout of the game (IMG_5394a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: Gerardo Parra, shown here flying out to CF Juan Lagares for the second out in the top of the 1st, is the answer to a Mets trivia question (IMG_5396a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: Adam Lind has just struck out in the top of the 2nd - he's the first out of the inning and the second strikeout of the game for Jacob deGrom (IMG_5400)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: rookie Kevin Plawecki, playing in his 18th Major League game, walks in the bottom of the 2nd (IMG_5408)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: this view, taken from the first row of section 538 during Jacob deGrom's at-bat in the bottom of the 2nd, shows that "spreading out" the scoreboard over two screens doesn't work for fans sitting in left field (IMG_5409a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: Jacob deGrom at-bat graphics as shown in the bottom of the 2nd inning (IMG_5410)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: Ryan Braun strikes out swinging to lead off the top of the 4th inning - it's deGrom's 5th strikeout of the game (IMG_5415a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/16/15: Citi Field as it appeared moments before LF Michael Cuddyer catches Aramis Ramirez' fly ball for the final out of the top of the 4th inning (IMG_5416a)
