Shirts. For the fans, this has been great for the mets fans. Really great for mets business. Mets fans are clocking flocking to times square, buying merchandise from the shelves faster than workers can stack them. This is what fans do when their team pulls out another miracle. I was here last night around dodgers. I was one of the first ones to buy it. Attend i came here to get the postseason shirt. They are out of everything that is more than medium. Reporter there was a line outside modell store. Sales are bringing in brisk business. As soon as the game was over, we had it on this table right behind me. And we sold about half of our units. And then this morning we sold the rest of the units at about 8 15. Reporter the mets store on 42nd street was buzzing. Still on an emotional high. After last nights nailbiter in los angeles, the mets prevailed but the fans frayed nerves are just now coming down. Last night i was on pins and needles. One batter struck out, it was unbelievable. I hug
Catch a glimpse of the players, but they were too late. The one guy little thomas wanted to see, 3rd baseman david wright left right away in his mercedes benz, but Center Fielder Curtis Granderson gave us a sense of what it felt like to be on the field and inside the locker room celebrating and surviving elimination in a do or die game 5. Its exciting to get a chance to see all the hard work. The mets are facing a ball club they lost to seven times in the regular season. They pitching well, play good defense. It should be a fun series. Faith hairson was hoping she would score tickets for game 1 but she was told theyre all sold out. Shes watch from home like she did last night on the edge of her seat. Theyve got to stay calm, cool, get it together, and go out there and do their best. And game time for game 1 tomorrow night here at citi mound first. Were live from citi field, dray clark channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. And after keeping an illegal slide from being the defining momen
And im David Novarro in for ken rosato. Today is friday, october 16th. Yay, we made it. Yes. Youre never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. Meteorologist bill evans here with the exclusive accuweather forecast. Happy friday, david nice to have you with us this morning. Were looking at a cool morning, 56 degrees. Its still a little warmer than normal for this hour of the day. The temperature going to drop down to 54, 53. Whitestone, sunset park, cambria heights, 52. Towards staten island, 47 poughkeepsie, 58 bridgeport. A nice start to the day. There might be a sprinkle to the north. Ill show you the radar in a moment. 67 this afternoon. And then booyah, its brisk and chilly for the weekend. Well talk about that next. Heather orourke is here looking at your community this morning. We have some ems activity causing some problems with our 6 train. Well head to our maps. Its a Police Investigation you have the f and the g trains, mechanical problems at smith and 9th streets
Bar who finds her purse is stolen. The police are called n did you see anyone steal the police are called in. Did you see anyone steal it . No, i didnt. It should be grand larceny. The officers might put that in as lost property. Reporter bratton refused comment referring questions to the lapd which says its working to fix the problem. The press secretary said, quote, the mayor has complete confidence in commissioner brattons leadership. He has led the effort to make new york city the safest large city in the country. Former nypd sergeant joe jack aloan says the pressure to change stats comes from the Political Climate in new york city. There is a tie to getting promoted and keeping crime stats low. We cant blame the commissioner for everything because there are 76 precincts out there. Reporter sources tell cbs 2 that commissioner bratton spoke at a meeting yesterday and warned commanders that this type of behavior will not be tolerated. Sources also say precinct a year bit Risk Manage
Mets championship chase beginning with highlights from Otis Livingston. Reporter it has been a long nine years since the mets were in the post season. A gut check 32 victory in los angeles lasted night. There isnt an mvp in the Division Series but if there was, it would be murphys law, taking home the hardware. The mets struck first. The catalyst was daniel murphy. First he drove in curtis grandson, with a double. This time he used his head and legs. Luke is due to walk. He sees the defensive shift to right field and runs all the way to third. It was key he scored on a no sac fly. Always trying to find an edge. Sometimes it doesnt work but tonight it worked. Murphy not done. Swing and a drive deep down the line. There it goes. Daniel murphy a homerun. I got a liter finally in the spot that i was looking for. And fortunately i didnt miss it. Describe it. Daniel murphy is riding some kind of story. 32 new york. That left 12 outs between the mets and the win. Reese got the final six. He s