Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: looking north over 126th Street as seen from a moving Manhattan-bound #7 train (IMG_3473)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: Mets Plaza is being set up for Family Sunday (IMG_3474)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: the scene almost two and a half hours before the gates opened - not long after this photo was taken, another line was formed and this one decreased significantly (IMG_3476)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: an open case of 1986 replica World Championship Rings, tonight's giveaway item (IMG_3477)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: beverage voucher, given to those attending this afternoon's 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event - the voucher is printed on box-office ticket stock (IMG_3479)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: public address announcer Alex Anthony tells the crowd this afternoon's 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event will begin in five minutes (IMG_3480)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: in the Foxwoods Club, attendees eagerly await the arrival of the participants in this afternoon's 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event (IMG_3481)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: here come the participants in this afternoon's 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event (IMG_3483a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: The participants in this afternoon's 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event - Bud Harrelson, Len Dykstra, Dwight Gooden, Kevin Mitchell, Mookie Wilson and broadcaster Howie Rose (IMG_3491)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: The participants in this afternoon's 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event - Bud Harrelson, Len Dykstra, Dwight Gooden, Kevin Mitchell, Mookie Wilson and broadcaster Howie Rose (IMG_3496a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event (IMG_3500)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: as Foxwood Club bartenders set up the bar and Len Dykstra speaks during the 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event, a 1986 replica World Championship Ring sits on the counter alone, temporarily ignored by its owner (IMG_3501)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: Dwight Gooden and Kevin Mitchell at the 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event (IMG_3506)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: Mookie Wilson and Howie Rose at the 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event (IMG_3508a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event (IMG_3509)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event - Bud Harrelson, Len Dykstra, Dwight Gooden, Kevin Mitchell, Mookie Wilson and broadcaster Howie Rose (IMG_3511)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: residents of the nearby Meadow Manor apartment building have an extremely poor view of the 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event (IMG_3512a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event - Len Dykstra and Dwight Gooden (IMG_3514)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event - Len Dykstra and Dwight Gooden (IMG_3519)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event - Kevin Mitchell and Mookie Wilson (IMG_3522)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event (IMG_3531)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event (IMG_3533a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: a Dwight Gooden fan in the front row listens to what his hero, almost directly in front of him, has to say at the 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event (IMG_3541)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: at the conclusion of the 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event, broadcaster Howie Rose signs a baseball for a fan - yes, that is a Sharpie pen (IMG_3546)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: at the conclusion of the 1986 Season Ticket Holder Q-and-A event, broadcaster Howie Rose signs a 3x5 card for me - note that he included his catchphrase "Put it in the books!" (at my request) (IMG_3548a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: long lines outside the ballpark, three hours before gametime - photo taken from the Foxwoods Club (IMG_3550)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: long lines outside the ballpark, three hours before gametime - photo taken from the Foxwoods Club (IMG_3552)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: valid credentials for 2016, as shown on a poster on the Excelsior level, next to the Scoreboard Operations window (IMG_3554a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 05/29/16: Fuku and Catch Of The Day concessions on the Field Level in right field (IMG_3558a)
Gary Dunaier:
Across the street from Citi Field, 05/29/16: the entire block of "Iron Triangle" businesses on 126th Street between 39th Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue have been boarded up (IMG_3559)
