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Unsevered page of tickets from 2015 New York Mets season ticket holders' ticket booklet includes tickets for Mets games of July 23 and 24 v. Los Angeles Dodgers (July 24 was Michael Conforto's Major League Debut)
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Ticket to see the New York Mets v. Los Angeles Dodgers at Citi Field, July 23, 2015 - box office style ticket
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: looking north over 126th Street as seen from a moving Manhattan-bound #7 train (IMG_5965)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: signage at the Mets-Willets Point subway station indicating planned changes affecting service at this station - signs are in English, Chinese and Korean (IMG_5968)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: external view, looking directly towards home plate (IMG_5974)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: fans buying and picking up tickets at the ticket windows (IMG_5977a)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: signs on top of the metal detectors asking fans to remove cell ptones, keys and cameras before passing through the machines (IMG_5979)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: my ticket has successfully scanned and I can now go through the turnstile to enter the ballpark (IMG_5980)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: unattributed, authentic game used baseballs for sale at the Amazin' Memorabilia kiosk, $50 each - by the end of Sunday's game (three days from now) only three baseballs would be left (IMG_5983)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: streetlamp banners for sale at the Amazin' Memorabilia kiosk, price $100 and up - this Jerry Koosman banner from 2014 was $100 (IMG_5984)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: tonight's starting pitchers, as shown on the right field scoreboard - Clayton Kershaw for Los Angeles, Bartolo Colon for New York (IMG_5986a)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: tonight's starting lineups, as shown on the right field scoreboard (IMG_5987a)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: fans watching batting practice from the warning track behind home plate (IMG_5988)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: NL East standings, as shown on the ribbon board in left field (IMG_5990)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: NL East standings, as shown on the ribbon board on the first base side (IMG_5991)
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The world beyond Citi Field, 07/23/15: Bland Houses, New York City Housing Authority, corner of Roosevelt Avenue and College Point Boulevard (IMG_5993a)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: Promenade Level stands looking towards the left field corner (IMG_5996)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: a grounds crew man places first base into its spot on the field prior to the start of the game (IMG_5998)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: former Arizona representative Gabrielle Giffords, accompanied by husband and former astronaut Mark Kelly, throws the ceremonial first pitch (IMG_5999)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: John Mayberry, Jr. starting lineup graphic - after tonight's game Mayberry was designated for assignment (IMG_6004a)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: Bartolo Colon starting lineup graphic (IMG_6009a)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: the Mets take the field - note the cameraman following pitcher Bartolo Colon to get live shots of him taking the mound (IMG_6011)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: the first pitch of the game - New York's Bartolo Colon throws an 89mph fastball to Los Angeles' Joc Pederson for called strike one (IMG_6012)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: the right field scoreboard shows that Bartolo Colon struck out the first batter (Joc Pederson) on three pitches (IMG_6013a)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: Justin Turner is the second out of the top of the 1st, having grounded out sharply, 2B Wilmer Flores to 1B Lucas Duda (IMG_6014)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: Curtis Granderson is the first out of the bottom of the 1st, having grounded out, 2B Enrique Hernandez to 1B Adrian Gonzalez (IMG_6017a)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: Bartolo Colon connects with a 94mph Clayton Kershaw fastball, grounding out (SS Jimmy Rollins to 1B Adrian Gonzalez) for the third out in the bottom of the 3rd (IMG_6020a)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: looking down towards the seats in the left field corner - in the foreground are the Acela Club's outdoor seating (IMG_6022a)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: looking down towards the seats in the left field corner - in the foreground are the Acela Club's outdoor seating (IMG_6023)
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Citi Field, 07/23/15: fans sitting directly behind the left field foul pole - tickets for these seats (Baseline Box) had a face value of $55 for tonight's game (IMG_6026)
