Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: for the US Open, signs in the Mets-Willets Point station guide fans arriving via subway which way they need to go to get to the stadium of their choice (IMG_7154)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: "Dugout Shop" souvenir stand outside the rotunda (IMG_7157)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: looking toward Roosevelt Avenue from the Seaver entrance, with the Arthur Ashe tennis stadium visible on the right (IMG_7160)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: newly (to me) installed video board at the ticket windows obscures the complete word "Tickets" when the shadows fall on the wall (IMG_7161)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: newly (to me) installed video board at the ticket windows was not operative, so I tried to take a "selfie" with my reflection in it (IMG_7162)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: a pallet of unopened boxes of Yoenis Cespedes t-shirts, today's offering in the Mets' "Free Shirt Friday" promotion, sits in the rotunda (IMG_7164)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: taking the escalator from the rotunda to the Field level, 50 minutes before scheduled first pitch (IMG_7166)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: fans receiving, and admiring, their Yoenis Cespedes "Free Shirt Friday" shirts in the rotunda (IMG_7169)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: copies of the 2016 Mets yearbook and the August-September 2016 Mets Magazine with Jacob deGrom on the cover were available for purchase at the New Era cap stand on the Field level (IMG_7171)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: thumbnail images of Met player at-bat graphics as shown on a computer screen in the Scoreboard Operations booth (IMG_7172)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: on the field behind home plate, security men receive their instructions (IMG_7174)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: new (to me) this homestand: the starting pitchers are shown on the lower ribbon board in left field (IMG_7175a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: new (to me) this homestand: the starting lineups scroll across the lower ribbon board in left field (sequence: 1 of 3) (IMG_7176a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: new (to me) this homestand: the starting lineups scroll across the lower ribbon board in left field (sequence: 2 of 3) (IMG_7177a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: new (to me) this homestand: the starting lineups scroll across the lower ribbon board in left field (sequence: 3 of 3) (IMG_7178a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: Jose Reyes starting lineup graphics on the ribbon boards and Citi Vision (IMG_7184a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: Yoenis Cespedes starting lineup graphics on the ribbon boards and Citi Vision (IMG_7186a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: Wilmer Flores starting lineup graphics on the ribbon boards and Citi Vision (IMG_7189a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: Bartolo Colon starting lineup graphics on the ribbon boards and Citi Vision (IMG_7194a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: tonight's starting lineup, as shown on the right field scoreboard (IMG_7196a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: tonight's starting pitchers and their statistics, as shown on the right field scoreboard - Adam Morgan for Philadelphia, Bartolo Colon for New York (IMG_7198a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: it's 7.10pm - let's play ball! (IMG_7200a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: Cesar Hernandez connects with the very first pitch of the game (an 87mph Bartolo Colon fastball), flying out to center fielder Justin Ruggiano - one pitch, one out (IMG_7201)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: Jose Reyes at-bat graphics as shown in the bottom of the 1st inning (IMG_7203a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: Jose Reyes connects with a 90mph Adam Morgan fastball for a home run on a fly ball to left center field in the bottom of the 1st inning (IMG_7204)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: Jose Reyes is about to cross home plate after hitting a home run in the bottom of the 1st inning (IMG_7205a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: Asdrubal Cabrera passes second as he rounds the bases, having just homered off Adam Morgan in the bottom of the 1st inning, one pitch after the previous batter (Jose Reyes) knocked one out of the park (IMG_7206a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: Yoenis Cespedes at-bat graphics as shown in the bottom of the 1st inning (IMG_7208a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: the scoreboard shows that starting pitcher Adam Morgan gave up two home runs in his first five pitches (the ball one to batter Yoenis Cespedes is pitch #6, but the pitch count hasn't been updated yet) (IMG_7209a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/26/16: after giving up back-to-back home runs to the first two batters, Adam Morgan gives up this single to Yoenis Cespedes in the bottom of the 1st with none out (IMG_7210)
