The BEST Tropicana Field Seats - Behind Home Plate / Wander Franco 31 Game Streak / Home Runs & MORE

0:02 welcome everyone adam the woo here with

0:02 tampa jay hey

0:05 in front of where the tampa bay

0:07 rays

0:12 play play

0:12 down by the bay

0:14 look i like i like where you're going

0:16 with the happy gilmore let's eat some

0:17 hay might just make

0:19 game number two of the red sox series we

0:22 were here last night

0:23 we sat in the outfield and first base

0:26 side third base side and kind of roamed

0:28 around but tonight

0:29 we are behind home plate i have never

0:31 sat behind home played an mlb game

0:33 before have you that makes two of us

0:34 buddy first time tonight i'm excited and

0:37 there are a few things we should add

0:40 what's that

0:42 oh yeah what's up man hey what's up dude

0:49 there are a few things up we should

0:49 mention about this game you were wearing

0:53 wander

0:54 franco's jersey here who was on a

0:57 30-game

0:59 hit streak

1:00 he's a slugger 30 games as well as the

1:04 rays have won eight games in a row

1:07 and are seven games

1:10 on top of the new york yankees for the

1:12 al east

1:14 division series because the yankees lost

1:16 last night yeah they did

1:18 to the anaheim la angels of anaheim

1:21 exciting baseball let's get in there

1:23 inviting you to join me in tampa j shall

1:26 you i'm like following your name like

1:28 there he is so you're going you're

1:29 rooting for boston yes i'm getting a

1:31 headband there yes i am this could be

1:33 the game this could be the game for you

1:35 um yeah i hope so i'm really hoping that

1:37 uh

1:38 they bring their a game because uh tampa

1:40 bay

1:41 has been looking really good they're

1:43 crushing it

1:44 what's what's going to win the world

1:46 series i like that i've been saying that

1:49 already i've been saying that okay we've

1:52 waited all these years to continue doing

1:54 what we do that's true

1:56 i think we're the best

1:57 team best team in baseball right now the

1:59 best team in baseball i agree you don't

2:01 have to tell anybody because we know it

2:03 that's they're going to tell you anyway

2:04 let's keep the ball to the beach right

2:06 here tropicana field alive

2:08 i love it we're gonna win it we are

2:10 forget boston good to see you

2:12 and forget the yankees too but they lost

2:14 last night to anaheim to get the yankees

2:16 too

2:17 we don't have no competition i like that

2:25 all right see you man good to see you

2:26 i like his uh enthusiasm and the time is

2:29 5 40 on the dot gates have officially

2:31 opened for a 7 10 first pitch an hour

2:35 and a half 90 minutes

2:37 before it begins

2:38 and as a recording of this is august

2:40 31st

2:42 2021

2:44 a few people last night there were only

2:46 5 000 6

2:49 hundred in attendance out of the whole

2:51 stadium

2:52 from what i heard it was the lowest

2:55 for this rivalry against the rays and

2:56 red sox

2:58 here at tropicana field crowd wise in

3:00 over 20 years

3:02 what's going on one of the deciding

3:04 factors on getting really good seats for

3:05 this evening is because this will be my

3:07 last tampa bay rays game for a while at

3:09 least until the very end of september

3:11 because i'm going to be doing some

3:12 traveling going to be going to atlanta

3:14 very soon and after that back to

3:15 southern california be taking in a

3:17 couple angels games out there in anaheim

3:20 los angeles angels

3:21 so wanna want to remember my my last

3:24 game for a while here at tropicana field

3:27 and got some good seats

3:29 of course when the postseason happens

3:31 you can bet you better not bet your

3:32 bottom dollar will be back and they will

3:34 make it to the postseason that's right

3:35 they will it's going to happen come on

3:37 world series here we go i'm ready for it

3:39 they've never won a world series we are

3:41 due for it this might be the year this

3:43 might be

3:44 the year and that'll be in october

3:46 obviously i'll be back here by then oh

3:48 dang i'm back dj kitty i know i was here

3:50 last night but i just can't stay away

3:53 what do you got here right here in your

3:54 neck here oh there you go look at this

3:56 right here american league champions

3:59 that's going to be replaced this year

4:01 with the world series champions am i

4:03 right

4:04 all right dj kitty i'm behind home plate

4:06 tonight you going to come see me

4:08 all right give me a fist bump

4:09 yeah my first time behind home plate oh

4:11 there it is right there there's the seat

4:16 but you're going over there to show me

4:18 paul you're going over to show where our

4:20 seats are where are our seats right

4:22 there that's where our seats are is that

4:24 where you're going to be later i'll see

4:26 you over there i was able to to view a

4:28 little i'm gonna say catch batting

4:29 practice but i didn't catch any any home

4:31 run balls but i was able to view batting

4:33 practice didn't happen for too long

4:34 maybe a good 10 minutes after we made it

4:36 over to right field and one ball

4:39 that was hit out here kind of ricocheted

4:42 a few feet away from us and then darted

4:43 right past in fact it startled us so

4:45 much i cut my camera off

4:47 right when it went by and then they're

4:49 now pulling off

4:51 all the equipment that they use for the

4:52 netting for batting practice and

4:55 interesting going over to where the

4:56 seats are really kind of get a good view

4:58 and perspective and checking on where

5:01 i'm going to be sitting throughout the

5:02 course of the game

5:03 and noticing something you don't really

5:05 see too up close and personal where

5:06 they're

5:07 they're kind of putting the chalk down

5:09 for the batter's box here with this

5:11 little grid that's there i'm also

5:13 noticing that the seats i have here the

5:15 seats also were 135 dollars which is a

5:18 little pricey but you know why not only

5:20 live once heck it since i'm not going to

5:23 be moving around the stadium as much as

5:24 i usually do just because of the price

5:26 of the seats don't really

5:28 think it's really worth it to do that i

5:29 think i need a foam item to have on my

5:32 hand there's also there's the dj kitty

5:34 paw

5:35 but i'm kind of leaning towards this

5:37 foam number one finger dj kitty paul

5:40 you're gonna get the paw i'm gonna get

5:41 the paw it's the power of the ball

5:43 you're gonna do it yeah i'm gonna do it

5:44 what'd you get you got the phone i got

5:45 the foam finger all right you got the

5:47 paw the power of the finger

5:49 and the paw let's test it out see how it

5:51 looks see how it's going to be here hey

5:54 bad about about a hey bad about a swing

5:56 that's the boston of course we're not

5:58 doing that to the ring i still don't

5:59 know if i'm ready for

6:01 to move into the cowbell territory but

6:04 it says the team cowbell

6:06 i don't know maybe though

6:08 it does have a nice ring to it it is now

6:10 about 25 minutes until first pitch did

6:13 not get one of the cowbells

6:14 you can see out here on the field they

6:16 got a little over here in the

6:18 the bullpen he got the catcher warming

6:20 up a little pitching machine as well and

6:23 with what i like to call the watering

6:24 down of the infield the hosing down of

6:26 the infield and a special thanks to one

6:29 of the workers down over near the

6:31 bullpen section they gave me a toss up

6:33 one of the balls from the toss from the

6:36 from batting practice kind of tossed it

6:38 up to me so

6:39 thank you to that

6:41 and still kind of waiting for wait for

6:43 the game to begin look over out there in

6:45 the the diamond they have like a rubber

6:47 like a rope attached to one of the

6:49 players doing a little warm-up

6:51 for the red sox over there and there's

6:53 raymond waiting to do the

6:55 the the first pitch well the the

6:58 not the technical first pitch but

7:01 the ceremonial first pitch he's going to

7:02 be the catcher yeah take a look he's

7:04 running with a rope behind him

7:12 the power of the call and

7:15 they have just announced the starting

7:16 lineup and raymond is on top of the top

7:19 of the dugout over there with dj kidding

7:21 definitely never been this close to the

7:23 action an mlb game before umpires coming

7:25 out

7:26 and got the coaches coming out giving us

7:28 the starting lineup and

7:30 the player cards and all that first this

7:32 just happened i can really see over into

7:34 the red sox dugout very well

7:36 from here and even the on deck batter

7:39 there as well yeah i can hear the

7:40 cowbell kid from over here behind home

7:43 i could hear the cowbell kid

7:45 way over there

7:47 he's right over there

7:58 did say hi to him over in right field

7:58 before we walked over to take our seats

8:02 kind of on the same level as the

8:03 professional camera folk down there

8:05 the foul ball ricochets back to that

8:07 there yeah they could ruin a very pricey

8:10 piece of camera equipment but if there's

8:12 a net there might be a netting in front

8:13 of them but i don't think so no i don't

8:15 think there is no doubt

8:17 and if you notice this piece of

8:18 equipment this is the camera that's

8:19 zoomed in right on home plate

8:22 yeah anything you watch anything on

8:25 television and whatnot that's that's the

8:27 camera well one of many

8:29 it's right over there

8:43 now basically directly in front of where

8:43 we're sitting is like what you could

8:44 call

8:45 like first complete first class

8:48 they even have a waitress there that

8:49 brings out items that are included with

8:51 the seats and you'll notice in front of

8:53 her the two gentlemen that are sitting

8:55 there past the

8:57 netting are both wearing like

8:59 facial coverings that are protecting

9:01 them from foul balls because of a foul

9:03 ball

9:04 yeah see right there it's almost like

9:06 they have a catcher's mask on

9:10 because they're like the bat boys

9:12 because they're in a dangerous spot

9:13 they're so close to home plate

9:16 we have a netting protecting us

9:36 circle

9:36 up there that's a pop that's a little

9:38 hop up there

9:39 he got it and now wanders up to the bat

9:43 so close he got that water

9:45 put the vendor right here too

9:47 fenders make the rounds over through

9:49 here a little more than

9:50 some of the other areas he's passed by

9:52 this area a couple times

9:55 oh broken bat look at that that's a

9:57 handle snap that back in half

10:16 jay and i were both just noticing we got

10:16 a lot of life because we're right over

10:18 here next to the aisle on that side and

10:20 the aisle on this side and it's kind of

10:22 between this this section with the blue

10:25 seats and then the super comfy seats so

10:27 there's plenty of leg room here a lot i

10:30 like it

10:43 and in the on deck circle number 18

10:43 window

10:45 oh that's gone

11:04 went ahead and walked over to the third

11:04 base snack bar

11:06 and ended up getting a

11:08 hot dog with some mustard on it

11:11 right over there got the view here over

11:13 there

11:14 kind of loaded it up with a little

11:16 mustard this is the box itself

11:19 nathan flavor of new york and i also got

11:21 a corn dog

11:31 and here's a look at the corn dog i have

11:31 unwrapped the corn dog oh

11:37 close but

11:37 that is like dead center okay he's gonna

11:38 go on a second he's running out second

11:42 all right back to my corn dog all right

11:44 bases are loaded number five franco up

12:20 i feel like i can help with this

12:44 i'm gonna celebrate

12:44 i'll celebrate so far the lead being

12:47 completely

12:48 going away with a little tropicana oj oh

12:51 yeah yeah a little little vitamin c

12:53 intake here

12:55 you know i just realized i don't have

12:56 the top on it good thing i'm good thing

12:57 i've drank like three quarters of it

12:59 already and in between the third and

13:01 fourth inning

13:02 red sox about to go back up and got the

13:04 ground crew out taking care of business

13:07 out here on the diamond in the infield i

13:09 am always amazed at how quick and

13:10 efficient they do their job well shout

13:12 out to the ground crew it is always

13:14 fascinating to me how you hardly ever

13:16 see players standing

13:17 in the on deck circle proper he just

13:20 took the weight off his bad over here of

13:21 course the red sox are back up they're

13:23 always just outside the on deck circle

13:25 notice how to spray something on the

13:27 back there

13:28 like a little little something on the

13:30 back and uses the warm-up bath that's

13:33 not the one he's going to actually go to

13:34 the plate with

13:36 so like that's a weighted bat

13:38 and then he'll grab the one he sprayed

13:40 something on

13:41 and go up to the plate afterwards i'm

13:42 just guessing

13:44 oh and i got some cowbells cowbell's in

13:46 full effect

13:55 got the mascot race going across the way

13:55 there mascot race in full effect oh wow

13:59 look at that the pelican or the bird

14:01 really go oh yeah completely

14:04 yeah just demolished dj kitty and

14:06 raymond

14:07 check out a rosarino here

14:10 he's like nowhere near

14:12 nowhere

14:14 it's like he's like behind home plate

14:18 he's like yeah he's like the second

14:20 empire i could almost like do it like a

14:21 babe ruth

14:22 point it out that way we're gonna hit it

14:24 babe go in that over there to the right

14:26 the left right i think i'd be a mine oh

14:29 over there oh no you

14:31 stopped back by the first base food hall

14:34 for some nachos

14:36 well a bag of tostitos

14:39 and two little buckets of cheese and

14:42 while i was over there red sox

14:44 hit a one run home run

14:47 there's now seven to two

14:50 yeah they got a home run over the left

14:51 field wall i'd be very tough to see but

14:53 there's some steam

14:55 permeating off of this i was like oh

14:57 yeah look at that the steam is like it

15:00 might be hard to see on camera but yeah

15:01 this is like

15:02 very very warm

15:04 cheese you went with another dog

15:06 yep i got another dog

15:08 you go with the ketchup and mustard i

15:10 got honey mustard this time honey buster

15:13 i can confirm the steam though they

15:14 can't see it

15:15 there's a lot of steam

15:28 good stuff huh

15:28 pretty good lead over there on first and

15:30 oh yeah there it is

15:33 go go go go go go go go

15:37 oh man

15:40 oh right there

15:42 franco got it

15:45 good play wander

15:50 smiled i think he hurt you

15:52 way to feel it

15:59 is now

15:59 last call

16:01 for anyone interested

16:09 and uh the ball guy just brought out

16:10 some fresh baseballs to the umpire

16:12 oh right up oh

16:16 check out dj kitty over there

16:21 oh and here comes raymond walking down

16:43 all right brandon low up i'm going to do

16:43 the babe ruth point

16:44 over there to center field

16:46 babe ruth point

16:48 here it is

16:49 i called it

16:53 oh

16:55 he caught it

16:56 he needs three more else

16:58 three more out three more outs and the

17:00 game is over

17:01 oh two more hours

17:07 there's no way

17:08 the red sox are coming back on this no

17:11 way no way is this finger distracting

17:13 no how about this ball is it distracting

17:33 red sox are going to score

17:41 i was looking for it up there

17:41 one more out

17:45 this is it right here

18:21 right now

18:51 i'm excited oh yeah got a little worried

18:51 there at the end eight to five was the

18:53 end up score yeah okay kind of towards

18:55 the end i was a little worried that red

18:56 sox were going to come back but they

18:58 pulled it out raised ended up holding on

19:00 to the lead and winning eight to five

19:02 another victory which i believe makes

19:04 nine wins in a row

19:06 nine wins in a row and the second win of

19:08 this series the four game series and the

19:10 rays have won two

19:11 of the four game series and completes

19:14 their

19:14 their winning percentage even farther

19:17 for the al east best in the al east

19:20 post season

19:21 on the way and i've kind of learned if

19:22 you just stick around for a little bit

19:24 for just you know 10 minutes after the

19:26 game's over

19:28 you can get a completely empty and quiet

19:31 field

19:32 more or less with the grounds crew out

19:36 good times one thing i will say about

19:39 the seats they were right down there i

19:41 really like the angle of being able to

19:42 hear the players and the closeness of it

19:45 but it's definitely a different vibe

19:47 than sitting out

19:48 in the outfield either in left field or

19:51 right field the biggest thing i notice

19:53 people

19:54 kind of out in some of the lesser

19:56 expensive seats

19:57 are more into the game pay attention

20:00 more to the game people around us were

20:02 having random comments it was all it was

20:03 almost kind of like they were there to

20:05 just have

20:06 just to like meet up with friends and

20:08 whatnot probably a lot of them are

20:10 season ticket holders a lot of

20:12 conversations going on around us

20:14 complete life stories things like that

20:17 which is understandable but

20:19 i feel like some of those who are in the

20:21 lesser expensive seats are more

20:24 into more attentive of the game

20:26 and so just to give a little price

20:28 update for this series i think there

20:31 were 45 dollar seats for the outfield

20:33 the ones over here were 135 which in my

20:36 opinion isn't a bad comparison so you're

20:38 looking at three times as much to have

20:40 the best seats

20:41 in tropicana versus what some would say

20:45 some of the worst seats even though

20:46 crowd interaction is probably better out

20:49 there in right field yeah but yeah i

20:51 don't think i think the price comparison

20:53 45 versus 135 it's kind of a nice step

20:56 up and something i might do on occasion

20:58 it wouldn't be every time but that was

21:00 awesome that was really freaking cool

21:04 look at this it's all lit up they've lit

21:06 up the trap it's awesome

21:12 all right

21:12 let's get out of here

21:13 there's mickey

21:15 looked down there at the end of the

21:16 escalator

21:26 it's amazing how quiet it got i'm just

21:26 gonna say it oh look over here there's

21:28 raymond holding the ray's win

21:30 which really is fitting because the rays

21:33 did win yes they did

21:38 yeah it's going to be a while before i'm

21:38 back here in the trap

21:40 i'll be going out of town for a bit i'll

21:42 be back at the tail end of the month of

21:44 september and definitely into october

21:47 for post season it is happening

21:49 there's there's no

21:51 really i'm just going to put this i'm

21:52 going to put this out there there's no

21:54 way the rays will not make the

21:55 postseason

22:08 and that's gonna do it for today

22:08 from the trop tropicana field

22:11 see the next video

22:12 the vlog

22:19 that is a glorious sight this evening

22:19 two evenings in a row two evenings in a

22:21 row i have stood right here both

22:24 the team i am rooting for has one it is

22:26 nice and breezy

22:28 it feels actually feels okay out here

22:31 feels great

The BEST Tropicana Field Seats - Behind Home Plate / Wander Franco 31 Game Streak / Home Runs & MORE

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