Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 04/09/19 (NYM v MIN): tonight is Jacob deGrom's first start of the year at Citi Field, and the giant 2019 Topps card of the Cy Young Award winner appears for the first time in the Starting Lineup display at the top of the rotunda (IMG_5315a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 04/09/19 (NYM v MIN): tonight's starting lineups as shown on the right field scoreboard - as a photo of each Met is shown, a blue bar scrolls down the Mets' lineup and highlights that player's name (IMG_5322a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 04/09/19 (NYM v MIN): tonight's starting pitchers and their statistics, as shown on the right field scoreboard - Kyle Gibson for Minnesota, Jacob deGrom for New York (IMG_5326a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 04/09/19 (NYM v MIN): live video board shot of Jacob deGrom, along with his statistics, as he gets ready to make his first Citi Field start of 2019 (IMG_5341a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 04/09/19 (NYM v MIN): it's 7.35pm, and we've sat through a 25-minute rain delay - it's finally time to play ball (IMG_5346a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 04/09/19 (NYM v MIN): Jacob deGrom's first pitch at Citi Field in 2019 is this 95mph fastball to Max Kepler, who looks at it for called strike one (IMG_5347a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 04/09/19 (NYM v MIN): Top 1st, 0 out: Jacob deGrom gets his first Citi Field strikeout of 2019 as Max Kepler swings at this 97mph fastball, striking out for the first out of the inning (IMG_5350a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 04/09/19 (NYM v MIN): this baseball, used in the very first-ever Mets win at Citi Field in 2009, was available in the Amazin' Memorabilia store, price $200 (IMG_5365a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 04/09/19 (NYM v MIN): Bottom 2nd, 1 out: while in front of the section of the dugout that has my name on it, Pete Alonso triumphantly raises his arm in celebration as Amed Rosario hits an RBI double to tie the game (IMG_5375b)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 04/09/19 (NYM v MIN): I like how one of the ads prominently appearing in the background of TV shots is for a NYC-area business (and includes a local reference), as opposed to a nationwide firm whose logo you see at every ballpark (IMG_5380a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 04/09/19 (NYM v MIN): Middle 3rd: the fans are still behind Jacob deGrom, even though he gave up four runs (including two home runs) in the top of the inning (IMG_5384a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 04/09/19 (NYM v MIN): thumbnails of Mets backup at-bat video board graphics, as shown on a computer screen in the Scoreboard Operations booth (IMG_5389a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 04/09/19 (NYM v MIN): poster showing valid 2019 credentials, as displayed on the Excelsior level outside the Scoreboard Operations booth (IMG_5391a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 04/09/19 (NYM v MIN): Mr. Met is helped off the roof of the Mets' dugout after doing his thing with the Citi Perk Patrol between innings (IMG_5396a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 04/09/19 (NYM v MIN): Pete Alonso batting statistics as shown on the right field scoreboard in the bottom of the 9th inning - he will hit his second home run of the game in this at-bat (IMG_5405a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 04/09/19 (NYM v MIN): Pete Alonso at-bat graphics as shown in the bottom of the 9th inning - he will hit his second home run of the game in this at-bat (IMG_5406a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 04/09/19 (NYM v MIN): Bottom 9th, 0 out: Pete Alonso has just connected with a 92mph Chase De Jong fastball for a 2-run home run - it's his second HR of the game, and the first time he has hit more than one home run in a game (IMG_5410a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 04/09/19 (NYM v MIN): the right field scoreboard, one pitch before the final out (IMG_5431a)