Some items from last night’s pre-game notes about this week’s off-field activities. I’ll try to share some pictures as I get them.
SCHOOL IS AMAZING: Daniel Murphy and Justin Turner will go to P.S. 142 on Manhattan’s Lower East Side where they will give out tips to students playing in the school’s wiffleball program, while R.A. Dickey and Mike Pelfrey will visit P.S.184 in Brooklyn where they will coach students in basketball and other activities designed to keep them healthy andactive…Mets players visit New York City schools to reinforce the benefits of education and fitness as part of its School is Amazing program, sponsored by Emblem Health.
WEATHER EDUCATION DAY: The Mets and PIX11 will host the sixth annual “Weather Education Day” this Thursday at Citi Field for 8,000 students from NY, NJ and CT prior to the Mets 1:10 p.mgame…Students will be treated to a pre-game meteorology lesson by PIX11 weather experts Mr. G and Linda Church, who will engage them in an interactive program about weather patterns…They will discuss some of the extreme weather we have experienced in recentmonths and take students behind the scenes at the PIX11 weathercenter.