Good morning. It’s Tuesday. We’ll find out why one ticket holder at a Rangers game tonight will have his mind on another sport entirely. We’ll also get details on what the United Nations General Assembly will mean for traffic on the East Side of Manhattan.pgbet
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Today, Nicholas Giampietro said, “it’s ‘man the battle stations.’”
His battle station will be Seat 9 in Row 4 of Section 201 at Madison Square Garden.
It is an unusual place for a Mets fan to be during the first of three unmissable games against the Atlanta Braves — especially for Giampietro. He is one of the most recognizable Mets fans, the one known as Pinman who parades around Citi Field in a jersey weighed down with souvenir pins celebrating Mets past and present. He is a collar-to-hem tribute to Tom Seaver, Pete Alonso and Mr. Met.
But tonight? “I have tickets for the Rangers,” Giampietro said, adding that he had promised to take his nephew.
So while the rest of the crowd focuses on the Rangers and the Islanders on the ice in a preseason game, Giampietro will keep tabs on the Mets. “I’ll be watching on my phone,” he said.
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