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Unsevered page of tickets from 2015 New York Mets season ticket holders' ticket booklet includes tickets for Mets games of August 16 v. Pittsburgh Pirates and August 28 v. Boston Red Sox
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Ticket to see the New York Mets v. Boston Red Sox at Citi Field, August 28, 2015 - box office style ticket
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: looking north over 126th Street as seen from a moving Manhattan-bound #7 train (IMG_6867a)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: going down the stairs from the Mets-Willets Point subway station to Mets Plaza - from here, the rotunda is straight ahead (IMG_6868)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: crowds in Mets Plaza, 45 minutes before the first pitch (IMG_6869)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: outside, fans go through security screening while those who have already successfully passed take the escalator to the Field level (IMG_6870)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: long lines for bag inspection and security screening outside the rotunda, 30 minutes before first pitch (IMG_6872a)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: with the Mets in first place, the lines of fans waiting to get into the ballpark get longer (IMG_6873)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: starting pitcher Matt Harvey's numbers are shown on the strikeout board in the left field corner prior to the start of the game (IMG_6874a)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: last year at this time, the Mets were in 4th place, 13.5 games beind Washington - what a difference a year makes (IMG_6876a)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: the NL East standings as shown on the ribbon board in left field (IMG_6877)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: forbidden ground - the aisle in front of the Promenade Club (IMG_6878)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: tonight's starting pitchers and their statistics, as shown on the right field scoreboard - Henry Owens for Boston and Matt Harvey for New York (IMG_6879a)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: tonight's starting lineups as shown on the right field scoreboard (IMG_6880a)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: the logos of the Red Sox and Mets as shown on the right field scoreboard - this will be the first regular season game the Boston Red Sox have ever played in Citi Field (IMG_6881a)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: NL East standings as shown on the first base ribbon board (IMG_6882)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: tire tracks on the left field warning track show where grounds crew vehicles drove on their way to the grounds crew area underneath the stands (IMG_6883)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: last year at this time, the Mets were in 4th place, 13.5 games beind Washington - what a difference a year makes (IMG_6884a)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: Matt Harvey starting lineup graphics as shown on the video and ribbon boards - note the glitch on the video board preventing Harvey's face from being shown (IMG_6886a)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: the first pitch of the game - Matt Harvey pitches ball one to Mookie Betts (IMG_6888)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: Matt Harvey pitching graphics on the right field scoreboard after the first pitch of the game (IMG_6889a)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: view of a crowded Citi Field as it appeared after the second pitch of the game (a called strike to Mookie Betts, the count is now 1-1) (IMG_6890)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: Matt Harvey may throw a perfect game sometime in his career, but it won't be tonight - Pablo Sandoval walks on five pitches in the top of the 1st, he's the game's first runner (IMG_6891)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: resume-play clock on the facade in front of the Excelsior level seating, directly behind home plate - at the time this photo was taken there was just 34 seconds until the bottom of the 1st inning was to begin (IMG_6897a)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: fan-made Matt Harvey "Dark Knight" banner over the ribbon board in the bottom of the 1st inning, covering a sponsor's name (IMG_6899)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: fan-made Matt Harvey "Dark Knight" banner over the ribbon board during Curtis Granderson's at-bat in the bottom of the 1st inning (IMG_6900)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: Cracker Jack and cotton candy vendor peddling his wares on the platform between sections 537 and 538 (IMG_6901)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: David Wright's first Citi Field at-bat in four months - on the first pitch he sees, he pops out to 2B Brock Holt (IMG_6904)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: you can see the moon just to the right of the scoreboard (don't get excited, strikeout fans - the batter, Rusney Castillo, lines out to RF Curtis Granderson - no "K" for Matt (IMG_6906a)
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Citi Field, 08/28/15: zoom-lens look at Mr. Met holding court during his meet-and-greet in the Fan Fest area (IMG_6908)
