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Unsevered page of tickets from 2015 New York Mets season ticket holders' ticket booklet includes tickets for Mets games of June 27 and 28 v. Cincinnati Reds (June 28 was Steven Matz' Major League Debut)
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Ticket to see the New York Mets v. Cincinnati Reds at Citi Field, June 27, 2015 - box office style ticket
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: looking over the neighboring Iron Triangle as seen from a moving Manhattan-bound #7 train (IMG_5807a)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: looking north over 126th Street as seen from a moving Manhattan-bound #7 train (IMG_5808a)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: program vendors making final preparations prior to the gates opening to the public (IMG_5812)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: my ticket has successfully scanned and I can now pass through the turnstiles (IMG_5813)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: lines of early arrivals, 20 minutes before the gates opened to the public, as seen from the Caesars Club (IMG_5816)
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The world beyond Citi Field, 06/27/15: Mets Plaza and the Arthur Ashe tennis stadium, as seen from the Caesars Club (IMG_5817)
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The world beyond Citi Field, 06/27/15: Arthur Ashe tennis stadium, as seen from the Caesars Club (IMG_5818)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: this being the Sabbath, the Kosher Grill on the Field Level was closed today (IMG_5819)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: Steven Matz, scheduled to make his Major League debut tomorrow, has a pre-game catch with Jacob deGrom (IMG_5821)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: Steven Matz, scheduled to make his Major League debut tomorrow, smiles during a pre-game catch with Jacob deGrom (IMG_5826)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: Steven Matz, scheduled to make his Major League debut tomorrow, has a pre-game catch with Jacob deGrom (IMG_5828)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: Steven Matz, scheduled to make his Major League debut tomorrow, is about to throw another one to Jacob deGrom during a pre-game catch (IMG_5831)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: as Steven Matz, scheduled to make his Major League debut tomorrow, throws to Jacob deGrom during a pre-game catch, the Mets hope Matz' performance will help fill the empty seats in left field (IMG_5839a)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: the Mets hope the performance of Steven Matz, scheduled to make his Major League debut tomorrow, will help fill the empty seats in left field (IMG_5850)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: Steven Matz, scheduled to make his Major League debut tomorrow, talks with Jacob deGrom (IMG_5854a)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: Jacob deGrom passes the "#VOTEMETS" sign on the right field wall (IMG_5859a)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: Steven Matz, scheduled to make his Major League debut tomorrow, signs autographs for the fans (IMG_5863)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: Steven Matz, scheduled to make his Major League debut tomorrow, attracts a crowd of fans who want his autograph (IMG_5864a)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: Steven Matz, scheduled to make his Major League debut tomorrow, poses for a "selfie" with a fan (IMG_5867)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: Steven Matz, scheduled to make his Major League debut tomorrow, tosses a cap he just autographed back to its owner behind the Mets' dugout (IMG_5874a)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: today's starting pitchers, as shown on the Citi Vision - Michael Lorenzen for Cincinnati, Matt Harvey for New York (IMG_5877)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: Matt Harvey's statistics as shown on the strikeout counter in the left field corner - yes, that's rain you see in the dark areas below the strikeout counter (IMG_5879a)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: the grounds crew men have to deal with heavy winds as they remove the Tarpaulin from the field (IMG_5881)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: some of the "closed captioning" is shown in upper and lower case letters, for example the highlights of last night's game (IMG_5882a)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: Pat LaFrieda's meatball hero stand can be seen clearly in this view from the last row of section 110 (IMG_5883a)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: the first pitch of the game - a 96mph fastball from New York's Matt Harvey to Cincinnati's Brandon Phillips for ball one (IMG_5889)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: in left field, Michael Cuddyer catches Todd Frazier's fly ball for the third out in the top of the 1st inning (IMG_5890a)
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Citi Field, 06/27/15: Michael Cuddyer lines out sharply to RF Jay Bruce for the third out in the bottom of the 1st inning (IMG_5893)