{"id":323639,"date":"2026-08-18T01:48:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/323639\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T01:48:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:48:22","slug":"nypd-fdny-to-face-off-in-charity-baseball-game-at-citi-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/323639\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD, FDNY To Face Off In Charity Baseball Game At Citi Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s matchup will be part of a special single-admission doubleheader, beginning approximately one hour after the conclusion of the 1:10 p.m. Mets vs. Padres game, around 5 p.m. The game will feature former professional and collegiate baseball players who now serve as New York City police officers and firefighters.<\/p>\n<p>Mets Hall of Famer David Wright will help host the event, which combines baseball with community support. The Mets will donate $5 from every single-game and group-sale ticket for the August 19 game to local FDNY and NYPD charities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This year\u2019s matchup will be part of a special single-admission doubleheader, beginning approximately one hour after the conclusion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-323639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}