Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): Citi Field with the Iron Triangle in the foreground, as seen from a moving Manhattan-bound #7 train (IMG_8643a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): Citi Field with Willets Point Boulevard in the foreground, as seen from a moving Manhattan-bound #7 train (IMG_8644a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): looking north over Seaver Way (formerly 126th Street), as seen from a moving Manhattan-bound #7 train (IMG_8645a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): mobile locker trucks for fans to store newly forbidden backpacks, located just outside the entrance to the Mets-Willets Point station - the fee to store your backpack is $10.00 (IMG_8648a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): tonight's Free Shirt Friday offering featured "Polar Bear" Pete Alonso (IMG_8650a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): on the left side of the aisle, section 518, which is the more expensive Promenade Infield seating category - on the right, section 519, the less expensive Promenade Reserved seating category (IMG_8653a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): on the left side of the aisle, section 519, which is the less expensive Promenade Reserved seating category - on the right, section 518, the higher priced Promenade Infield seating category (IMG_8656a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): 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_8662a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): the logos of the competing teams are shown as part of the pre-game scoreboard animation (IMG_8689a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): tonight's starting pitchers and their statistics, as shown on the right field scoreboard - Mike Foltynewicz for Atlanta, Jacob deGrom for New York (IMG_8693a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): "Players' Weekend" graphic on the right field scoreboard, featuring the nicknames that appeared on the Mets' jerseys in place of their last names (IMG_8695a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): after today, the Mets play two more against Atlanta and then the Cubs come into town for three (IMG_8698a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): the Mets are a game and a half out for the second Wild Card position (IMG_8704a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): Jeff McNeil is tied for the lead in the National League with a .332 batting average (IMG_8706a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): Pete Alonso is third in the National League with 40 home runs (IMG_8712a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): a couple of beer-drinkin' Pete Alonso fans have the first row in section 436 (upper deck in left-center) all to themselves (IMG_8715a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): during the introduction of the Mets' starting lineup, the usual player graphics were replaced with the players' Players Weekend nicknames (IMG_8718a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): the right field scoreboard as it transforms from pre-game animation mode to scoreboard mode (IMG_8725a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): it's 7.10pm - let's play ball! (IMG_8726a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): the first pitch of the game is a 97mph Jacob deGrom fastball to Ronald Acuna Jr, who looks at it for called strike one (IMG_8727a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): Top 1st, 0 out: Jacob deGrom is about to throw the second pitch of the game, a 97mph fastball, to Ronald Acuna Jr - Acuna will look at it for called strike two (IMG_8728a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): scoreboard glitch: in the bottom of the 1st, the right field scoreboard continued to show Jacob deGrom pitching graphics for the first two Mets batters (IMG_8735a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): Pete Alonso at-bat graphics as shown in the bottom of the 1st inning - in this at-bat, he would strike out on five pitches to end the inning (IMG_8737a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): Top 2nd, 1 out: Adeiny Hechavarria swings at a 91mph Jacob deGrom changeup, striking out for the second out of the inning - it's deGrom's first strikeout of the game (IMG_8739a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): the SNY television booth during the bottom of the 2nd inning (IMG_8749a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): Top 3rd, 2 out: Jacob deGrom is about to throw an 86mph curveball to Freddie Freeman, who will swing at it, striking out to end the inning (IMG_8762a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): Top 4th, 2 out: Adeiny Hechavarria looks at a 93mph Jacob deGrom slider, striking out to end the inning - it's deGrom's 200th strikeout of the year (IMG_8764a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): the closed captioning for this live shot of Pete Alonso heading to the plate in the bottom of the 4th inning identifies him as "Peter" Alonso (IMG_8766a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): Pete Alonso at-bat graphics as shown in the bottom of the 4th inning - in this at-bat, he would ground out to 1B for the second out of the inning (IMG_8767a)
Gary Dunaier:
Citi Field, 08/23/19 (NYM v ATL): Top 5th, 2 out: Jacob deGrom is about to throw a 99mph fastball to Mike Foltynewicz, who will strike out swinging to end the inning - this will be the second consecutive inning where deGrom struck out the side (IMG_8770a)
