{"id":4680,"date":"2009-04-13T14:13:43","date_gmt":"2009-04-13T19:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/?p=4680"},"modified":"2009-04-13T14:13:43","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T19:13:43","slug":"mets_fans_arrive_10_hours_early_for_first_pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2009\/04\/mets_fans_arrive_10_hours_early_for_first_pitch.html","title":{"rendered":"Mets Fans Arrive 10 Hours Early For First Pitch . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>. . . <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queenscourier.com\/articles\/2009\/04\/13\/news\/top_stories\/doc49e37e8850aa3681194148.txt\">facilitating extra web exclusive in advance of tonight&#8217;s Citi Field opener<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Mets fans waited all winter to rid themselves of last season&#8217;s bitter collapse and catch a glimpse of their team&#8217;s new home at Citi Field, so one would expect crowds to get to the ballpark early for Monday night&#8217;s home opener.<\/p>\n<p>But, 10 hours before the first pitch?<\/p>\n<p>. . .<\/p>\n<p>The father and son made the trip from Yorktown Heights, NY, early Monday morning, April 13 and arrived at the stadium at 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re excited,&#8221; said Chet, shortly before noon while sitting on a bench outside Citi Field.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Buried Lede: In 2009, traffic congestion is much less severe than Bloomberg officials have led us to believe . . .<\/p>\n<p>Location Scout: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/fmcp\/citifield\/index.htm\">Citi Field<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . . facilitating extra web exclusive in advance of tonight&#8217;s Citi Field opener: Mets fans waited all winter to rid themselves of last season&#8217;s bitter collapse and catch a glimpse of their team&#8217;s new home at Citi Field, so one would expect crowds to get to the ballpark early for Monday night&#8217;s home opener. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-queens","category-sports","category-youre_kidding_right"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4681,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4680\/revisions\/4681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}