SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Mets are celebrating the Black community and its rich history in baseball on Wednesday, June 19. Also known as Juneteenth, the national holiday serves to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States.
The Mets’ celebration will highlight the memory of the late Syracuse Common Council leader and activist Van B. Robinson with a special pregame ceremony and first pitch thrown by his wife, Linda Brown Robinson. The Syracuse Mets are working alongside the Juneteenth Festival Committee to raise awareness about the holiday.
It will also be Dollar Thursday at NBT Bank Stadium. Fans can enjoy $1 fountain drinks and souvenirs, $2 hotdogs and coneys, & $3 alcoholic beverages all game long.
The stadium’s gates will open at 5:30 p.m. and game 3 in the series against the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp will start at 6:35 p.m.
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