Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): a soggy Mets Plaza, 46 minutes before scheduled first pitch (IMG_3435a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): ticket prices for tonight's game range from $18 for Promenade Reserved (sections (506-509, 519-531) to $87 for Metropolitan Bronze (sections 111-114, 121-124, rows 13-22 only) (IMG_3438a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): pre-game look inside the Foxwoods Club (IMG_3440)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): guarded entrance to the restricted-access Excelsior Level on the right field side - beyond the doors, escalators to the Promenade Level (upper deck) and the walkway to the Coca-Cola Corner (IMG_3441)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): Mrs. Met thanks fans for visiting the Coca-Cola Corner, but tonight her appreciation is only good for fans whose tickets are in that area (sections 301-305) (IMG_3444)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): dogs are not allowed on the Citi Field elevators - tonight was a "Bark In The Park" event, thus the need for the sign (IMG_3445a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): view from a moving escalator showing the guarded entrance to the normally all-access Coca-Cola Corner (IMG_3446)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): grounds crew men removing the tarp from the field (IMG_3447)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): pre-game, post-rain delay view of the field as the tarp is being rolled off the field - note the graphic on the Citi Vision announcing the new time for the scheduled first pitch (IMG_3448)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): after a rain delay, the first pitch is now scheduled for 7.40pm (IMG_3449a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): tonight's starting lineups, as shown on the right field scoreboard (IMG_3452a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): this photo of the Mets' starting lineup on the right field scoreboard shows the orange bar that highlights each players' name scrolling between names, and the player images changing (IMG_3456a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): tonight's starting pitchers and their statistics, as shown on the right field scoreboard - Touki Toussaint for Atlanta, Noah Syndergaard for New York (IMG_3464a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): it's 7.41pm, the rain delay has ended, the tarp has been removed and the field is ready for action - let's play ball! (IMG_3468a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): after a 32-minute rain delay, the first pitch - a 96mph Noah Syndergaard fastball to Ronald Acuna Jr, fouled off for strike one (IMG_3469a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): view from in front of the entrance to the men's room in the left field corner of the Promenade Level (upper deck) (IMG_3471a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): Bottom 1st, 2 out: with the runners going, Todd Frazier swings at a 93mph Touki Toussaint sinker, striking out to end the inning (IMG_3472a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): view from the alcove in front of the entrance to the Administration Building, in back of the Big Apple Reserved seats (IMG_3473)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): hot dog vendor trudging through the rain (IMG_3474a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): the ballpark lights are reflected in a puddle on the counter of the bar at the Citi Pavilion in front of the Shea Bridge (IMG_3477a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): entrance to the Citi Pavilion seats in front of the Shea Bridge (IMG_3480a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): security men in their yellow ponchos line the field at the end of the 2nd inning (IMG_3483)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): Top 3rd, 0 out: Ronald Acuna Jr swings at a 91mph Noah Syndergaard sinker, striking out for the first out - it's the third of five strikeouts "Thor" will get tonight (IMG_3485a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): at the concession stand in back of section 110 on the Field Level, a sign advising customers that this is a "cashless" stand (IMG_3486a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): at the concession stand in back of section 110 on the Field Level, a sign advising customers that this is a "cashless" stand (IMG_3488a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): Bottom 3rd, 1 out: Todd Frazier, Jacob deGrom and Jack Reinheimer watch from the dugout as Touki Toussaint throws a 91mph sinker to Michael Conforto for ball one (IMG_3489a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): Top 4th, 0 out: Noah Syndergaard throws the first pitch of the inning,a 84mph sinker, to Nick Markakis who looks at it for called strike one (IMG_3490a)
Gary Dunaier:
Amazin' Memorabilia store at Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): game-used Mets home run baseballs, $500 each - Neil Walker (NYM v. CHC 6/13/17) and Wilmer Flores (NYM v. TEX 8/9/17) (IMG_3493a)
Gary Dunaier:
Amazin' Memorabilia store at Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): game-used baseballs from the second Major League game at Citi Field (4/15/09), $200 each (IMG_3494a)
Gary Dunaier:
The world beyond Citi Field, 09/25/18 (NYM v ATL): Terrace On The Park, Flushing Meadows Park, 52-11 111th Street, Corona, as seen through one of the arches of the Jackie Robinson Rotunda (IMG_3498a)
