A ticket and a hot dog cannot be purchased with mere pocket change, but Citi Field was l teeming with an amalgam of nostalgia Friday night.
The year 1986 was painted along the baselines, and the Mets wore their racing stripe jerseys from that season when they won the World Series. Adding to the aura were the Mets’ opponents — the Los Angeles Dodgers, their New York National League predecessors, whom they defeated in last year’s playoffs.
Even David Wright turned back the clock and crushed a solo home run over the center-field wall, his third homer in three games.