Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): view from a moving Manhattan-bound #7 train (IMG_0619a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): looking north over 126th Street as seen from a moving Manhattan-bound #7 train (IMG_0620a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): Verizon Fios setup in Mets Plaza - you can test your pitch speed and charge your batteries (IMG_0621a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): someone brought a "Thumbs Down Guy" bobblehead to the game, hoping I'd be there so they could ask me to sign it (IMG_0625a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): me signing a "Thumbs Down Guy" bobblehead for a fan who brought it to the game (IMG_0631a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): promotion staffers load cases of today's giveaway item, Jacob deGrom bobbleheads, onto hand trucks (IMG_0634a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): Cowbell Man walks among us (IMG_0635)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): this line of fans waiting to get in extended almost to the stairway leading to the subway - at the time I took this photo it was 52 minutes until the gates opened (IMG_0638)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): this line of fans waiting to get in went past the Shea Stadium Home Run Apple - at the time I took this photo it was 49 minutes until the gates opened (IMG_0644a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): view from the back of the line of fans waiting to get in that went past the Shea Stadium Home Run Apple - at the time I took this photo it was 48 minutes until the gates opened (IMG_0645)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): looking towards the rotunda, almost directly behind home plate, as fans wait for the gates to open - that won't happen for another 46 minutes (IMG_0646)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): today's giveaway item, Jacob deGrom bobbleheads, which will be given to the first 25,000 fans attending today's game (IMG_0652)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): Jacob deGrom bobbleheads, today's giveaway item for the first 25,000 fans, sit on top of a full case of them (IMG_0656a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): the Jackie Robinson Rotunda serves as a backdrop for these Jacob deGrom bobbleheads, today's giveaway item for the first 25,000 fans (IMG_0657a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): cases of Jacob deGrom bobbleheads, today's giveaway for the first 25,000 fans, which will be handed out when the gates open in 20 minutes (IMG_0659a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): famous Mets fan Cowbell Man has a wave for us as he waits for the gates to open (IMG_0660)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): with 19 minutes until the gates open, this line went all the way to the subway entrance and up the stairs (IMG_0662)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): zoom-lens closeup of this line of fans waiting to get in being so long that it went up the subway stairs - the gates will not open for another 18 minutes (IMG_0665a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): cases of today's giveaway item, Jacob deGrom bobbleheads, at one of the rotunda entrances 17 minutes before the gates opened (IMG_0666)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): the first pitch is exactly two hours away (IMG_0667)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): grounds crew men cleaning the outfield wall during batting practice (IMG_0670)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): view of Mets players in the outfield during batting practice as seen from the aisle between sections 130 and 129 at row 12 (the front row in this spot) (IMG_0673a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): Mets players in the outfield during batting practice (IMG_0674)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): on the warning track, a shadow of me doing thumbs-up during batting practice - it looks like I'm holding my head with my other hand, but that's actually me holding the camera (IMG_0675a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): a grounds crew man wipes the left field wall during batting practice (IMG_0678a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): during batting practice, Jeurys Familar throws a ball to another player, to the disappointment of the fans who were hoping he'd toss it into the stands (IMG_0682)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): a grounds crew man wipes the 408-foot marker in straightaway center (IMG_0686a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): looking up the aisle between sections 130 and 131 - due to a quirk in the stadium layout, the aisle ends at row 22, and the seats in front of it all belong to section 130 (IMG_0689)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): view from section 130, row 14 (front row in this spot), seat 3 (IMG_0693)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 07/07/18 (NYM v TB): view from section 131, row 23, seat 8 - on the left, netting on the left field foul pole (IMG_0694)
