The Ultimate Tour Of Minute Maid Park - Inside Houston Astros Scoreboard / The Rays Make Me Sad
Minute Maid Park Ultimate Tour
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here as
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the recording of This TGIF it is Friday
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August the 2nd 2024 standing here right
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amongst the skyline of Houston Texas I'm
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on my way to something called the minute
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made ultimate tour which is a tour
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minute made Park my 27th Stadium seeing
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the Tampa Bay Rays I'm on a quest to get
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all 30 it's taking me a couple of years
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years like 3 years total at the ending
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of this season and by the ending of this
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season I will have done all 30 current
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stadiums while rooting for my Rays 710
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710 first pitch game one Rays Astros
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later tonight but at noon they only do
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this tour one time a day couple hour
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tour starts at noon I'm heading in I'm
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inviting you to join me good to have you
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here shall you oh yes the
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unveiling the
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reveal of minute made Park the Rays have
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played 108 games so far there's 162 in
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the season still a ways to go playing
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over 500 balls so the interesting thing
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is so here's the AL you got Central
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Cleveland the Guardians doing really
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really well the Astros are kind of on
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par even though they are first place in
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the AL West which makes you think oh
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they're in first place they're better
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than the Rays but the reality is the AL
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West is not much of a challenge in
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comparison to the AL East cuz look it's
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basically the same wind loss ratio the
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Rays has and the rays are in fourth
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place versus the Astros who they're
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going up against with basically the same
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win loss and they're in first place
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baseball is definitely a
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weird a weird sport when it comes to you
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know the
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postseason the Raz are four and a half
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games four or five games back getting
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the wild card again they're still over
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well over 50 games to play and that's a
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good
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thing that I packed my Jose Siri t-shirt
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because I went to Toronto on this trip I
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have not been home since I went to the
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Toronto series where ESO parades was
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still on the team Randy rosarino was
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still on the team my favorite relief
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pitcher Jason Adam was still on the team
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those guys are gone trade deadline has
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come and gone some of my favorite
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players are gone but there's still a lot
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on the team that I really enjoy watching
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Jose Siri one of them and a cast of
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others it's 11:30 right now tour starts
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at noon it's like got here pretty
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quickly oh rub it in rub it
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in I'm not sure if the ultimate tour is
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going to come out
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here they might but going to show the
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2017 World champer ring 2022 World
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champer ring any trash cans around is
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there any oh they've removed all the
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there's no trash cans out here look at
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that I'm really hoping look they're
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going to have the roof Clos oh the wait
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wait wait a second no the roof's open
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the ballpark's freaking open in this
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heat in the scorching heat what the heck
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why there's an outdoor park here with a
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home plate and then also over here
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there's the pitch rubber there pitches
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man the bump you got the home team
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dugout over here and then first
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base second base all right book my
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ticket online I think with tax it was
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like $30 $28 $25 plus the service fees I
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should also mention I have a little bit
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of a soft spot for the Astros because in
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the early to mid 90s I worked for a few
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years at the Astro spring training
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facility in CMI Florida this is many
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years ago gosh that's been 30 years ago
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but was able to meet Jeff Bagwell quite
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a few times Craig viio quite a few
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times so theany that makes actually the
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same that makes
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the here's the two I was just talking
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about rbia I just mentioned them these
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were the guys that were on the team when
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I was working at the Spring train
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raining
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409 we getting to go on the warning
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track though which is pretty dang
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awesome since it is a game day this
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particular tour does not let you go in
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the
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dugouts here's the bu
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pen right there
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on the feeli look at
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this in the warning
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mhm I guess the other one's over there
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behind
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that where's the batter's eye right
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there yeah right here in and dead center
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field right there
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409 right there got the warning
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track it's
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cool always wanted to do this at finway
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in the green monster but able to do that
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yet wow wow look at
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this
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what the scoreboard is oh my goodness
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from
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theost come here real quick
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we're to do a group intelligence task
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real quick why do you guys think it's
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called a manual
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scoreboard man does
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it don't
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to we can change the we change it all
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out manually it's not a computer doing
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it right so it's a manual scoreboard so
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the way that they'll work is you'll come
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over here and they can just go they lift
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up and they'll slide it on out and then
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that's they'll flip it around and they
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do it manually clubhous area was
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actually the ire tunnel uh that's where
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visitors uh B cages the turf in here was
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from the
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Astrodome so that's kind of a cool way
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to preserve it and I don't know if this
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was done intentionally or kind of Ni
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named the pitcher dungeon
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cool yeah walking down the warning track
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the scoreboard behind me
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there not
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bad all right here's the rais dog out
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this where the boys are going to be a
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little
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later fan right
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there game day you're n can't go in the
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dug
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house which is interesting because some
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will let you go in on game day so this
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one doesn't every tour is a little
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different that's where the bats are
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that's where they're batting helmets
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are all right they're taking us now
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through the Diamond Club door sponsored
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by Philip
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66 thank you no problem
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there the field is 27 ft below street
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level uh we're a little bit above the
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field we're about 24 ft below street
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level currently this is the FI of 66
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Diamond Club this is the most expensive
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and exclusive area at the
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Ballpark about ,000
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here's all the teams look at
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2014
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2010
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2014 2000 oh even getting back to some
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older older time frames also holy cow
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this was my
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era at the spring training Stadium this
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is how I remember Jeff Bagwell right
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here
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92
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y was there during those times the Milo
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Hamilton remilton
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is okay so mil Hamilton who's the voice
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of the Astros from 1985 to 2012
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suspended below the ceiling that way
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when opposing teams come into town
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whenever Apple TV comes in for a
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broadcast or something of that major uh
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they can get hooked up to whenever they
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need to get hooked up to fairly easily
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uh also if there's a technical issue you
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don't need to go breaking into a ceiling
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to go fix that it's all right here uh a
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long time there was a running joke there
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was a cord that was cut it was hanging
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down right there and that was the joke
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was that was Joe Buck's
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microphone see I me personally I I kind
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of like Jo I don't know um a lot of
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wires
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pict all done or you're not that
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interested sitting see if
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coffee
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lineone can see painting so this is a a
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stop that we're really proud of so this
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is our 2017 World Series celebration
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painting So major basball has actually
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commissioned the same artist to do all
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these World Series celebration paintings
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uh for every team going back to 2002 uh
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so this is by his name is Opie otad this
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is actually the largest painting that
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Opie's ever done for these World Series
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celebrations and that's because Opie is
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from the Houston area he's a lifelong
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Astros fan so he was really excited he
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finally got to do one for the Astros he'
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come somewhat close in 2005 uh I say
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somewhat close we didn't get to the
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World Series we got SW by the white sock
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so I call that close um but uh Opie uh
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so it took him just under four months to
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complete this painting it took him so
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long uh cuz what he did roll out this
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canvas on public concourses at Astros
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games he would paint during home games
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so fans actually walked by watching
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paint he would sto being a chat with
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fans being outside in a day like today
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wearing that um not the most
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comfortable uh but uh very first game
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played in the dome 1965 Mickey Man
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actually hit the very first home run in
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asome history a lot of f sitting over
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there weren't super excited though like
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it's a new massive scoreboard behind us
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you can't see it so the upper deck in
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the left no P there's a scoreboard by a
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quter the size
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Grand now the other uh retired number
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that's not technically an astro all the
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way to the far left number 32 Jim H
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right uh not technically an afro because
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he was a Col 45 home run
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pump
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2418 recording all Astros home runs hit
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at this park beginning with the first
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opening day and looks as if we're going
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to be exiting through the gift
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shop oh yes here's a lot of names I
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remember from back in the day of course
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Bagwell beio Ryan right there I am
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thankful they closed that roof
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cuz that would have been warm best part
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by a long shot was being able to go onto
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the field onto the warning track and
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into where the scoreboard is I don't
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think I've ever ever done that on a
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stadium tour so right off the bat the
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best part rocket walking on the warning
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track going down that third Baseline
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peeking into where the raised Dugout is
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going to be tonight seeing my seats
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above the raised Dugout but then also
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going into one of four I think the guy
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four I think the guy said of the manual
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scoreboards got to go inside the nether
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regions out that was freaking
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awesome just how sanitary is a sewer wa
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wa what the heck is this
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what is that who's on
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that the freaking
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copter wow they got the street blocked
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off and after a couple hours of relaxing
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at the
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hotel now walking back over all right
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I'm just now noticing this is beio
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here and at first
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Bagwell didn't pay any attention to who
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the names in the back were at the time
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before heading in
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yeah killer bees and the gates are
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opening it looks like they
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open right at 5 so actually 5 minutes
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before I thought they were going to open
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because first pitches of 710 so 2 hours
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and 10 minutes before this line is
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moving all right I am in looks as if the
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rays are down there on the field like
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they're going to be doing batting
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practice also there is a bobblehead
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giveaway car Peña I usually what I do
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when I do uh bobblehead nights at other
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stadiums throughout the course of the
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game I'll just give this to someone even
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though everyone gets one when they get
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in I give it to someone that I'm usually
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sitting next to cuz I don't really need
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a an Astros bobble head but oh dang yeah
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we didn't walk past this on the tour at
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all got Space City right there all right
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there's the Mickey here a lot of
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stadiums have Mickey and Houston is no
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reception Mickey's got the Astros cap on
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the bat and the ball right there hello
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Mickey oh dang there's a couple more
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there's a bunch of Chick-fil-A cows it's
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a parade of Chick-fil-A cows coming
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through entire parade of Chick-fil-A
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cows coming through coming through all
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right so interesting coincidence world
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of Micah just so happens to be in town
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with family I did you're going to be
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sitting up in the upper deck yeah we're
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up there and like uh 4 something so
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it'll be cool I'll look for you mikah
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got a hold of me and goes I'm going to
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be in town I'm going to a raise game and
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I was like I'm going to be there too yep
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and it kind of worked out so and you got
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the appropriate hat there I wor it yeah
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spring training there you go the 2023
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spring training hat all right man we'll
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raise up we need all the help we need
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all the help in the stands we can get
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you'll hear my little voice up there
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cheering them on all right M have fun
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man see you
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dude first pitch so Carlson who I'm not
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familiar with new guy
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he on Deck be the First Once the first
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pitch to yandi happens be my 27th
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Stadium seeing the
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rise just like that a double for
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yandi second Pitch uhoh just like
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that let's go let's
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go the new guy coming in hot home run to
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left they threw it back some idiot threw
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the ball back over
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there let's
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go number just like that two to nothing
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the new guy the new
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guy let's
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go let's
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go ah they're throwing out some stuff
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now throwing out some t-shirts or
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something throwing something
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out they have now gotten in line up here
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we're here at the the 110 section A
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little bit of a line for some nachos
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helmet nachos not all stadiums have
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helmet nachos in fact Tropic of field
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does not have helmet nachos but I have
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made it clear that I am an advocate of
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helmet souvenir nacho helmet 1959 here
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at Kasa nacho and they call this a
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collectible helmet this is actually a
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little smaller it is a little bit
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smaller than a couple of the other
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stadiums I've been to this is like a 3/4
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size helmet but I don't collect these I
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do not take these with me I don't wash
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them out stick them in my luggage the
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reason I like them is because it's
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better than just being in the paper
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container this is much more durable
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because it's plastic and it's much as
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sloppy and nasty and disgusting I guess
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when you get to the bottom of this it's
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always going to be nice and
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uniform in the bottom of this I probably
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should have got a refill of my lemonade
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I didn't this is a lot of Jalapenos in
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it
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you got
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this still two to zero razor
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up bottom of the
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fourth all right Jose now on Deck Bray's
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got Bases Loaded guy on third guy on
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second guy on First and Johnny
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D Johnny
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DeLuca there are two outs but this could
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this could break it open
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Johnny
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oh POA
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oh he's coming this
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way coming this
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thisit
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Orit Orit Orit
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it's got time for the seventh inning
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stretch right
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now cheerleaders orbit
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is some stuff around right here three
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stri that was it old orbit
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more it's into the eighth inning now
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Astros are now Up 3
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to2 so if the Rays lose this it's
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because of two errors that were done
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both the errors he just got another
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hit the two errors the Rays have gotten
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have costed some runs and that's why
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they're down short number
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six ain't over yet though also will say
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it's a little warmer in here than it is
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a Tropic Can
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field and I heard if they have the roof
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open during the day when they close it
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it takes a lot longer to cool down so
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it's a lot warmer in
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here one out guy on second third tougher
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to get the double play because you can't
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get that guy at first at
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second oh it hit him freaking hit
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him all right Josh is up B is loaded
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Josh is up o
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goodness I hurry that from over
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here B is loaded one out JLo
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up not Jennifer Lopez
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Josh Josh time the
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shine oh yeah come
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on look cabie right there jumping up and
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down he's excited Siri over on the end
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Brady Williams a third base
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coach come on Josh two strikes one out
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two runners in scoring
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off come on come on dang
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it all right guys come on Siri coming up
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to the on Deck circle now DeLuca at the
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plate oh no
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no you got to
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be he got stuck in the freaking
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Raptor that would have dropped that
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would have been an out that would have
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been on the warning track right there
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that would have been a third
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out get your out Dy
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yeah if the Rays lose this one it's due
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to the couple errors and not retaliating
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back when they have runners in scoring
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positions with few outs they're bringing
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in their closer right now their closer
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coming in to shut it down another hit
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rais batter cabby got hit goes the first
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one out and the hope of all hopes Al
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Jass b b batting under
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100 come on Jackson you got this buddy
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it's your time to
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shine don't hit and do a double part
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please who's on Deck Brandon can't tell
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he's on no Brandon's a
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DH they got him in a rund
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down get another
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mistake another freaking mistake
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one need a miracle out of here
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Alex need a miracle out of here
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buddy walked him walk
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Jackson walk Jackson okay
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26 Meisner not familiar with him new guy
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new guy a lot of new
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guys be kind of nice if ESO was coming
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up right now or parades
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or Randy or Rosara but they're not on
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the team anymore it's also interesting
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this is the last chance is two outs they
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got Mis and a new guy he has no season
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stats zero he average is zero no home
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runs no RBI new to the team no stats and
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they're not putting anybody into pinch
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head for
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him I guess cash must have a lot of
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faith in this guy I don't know who he
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is kind of an odd choice to be honest
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but no literally has no stats
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strike two here's where everybody gets
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on their
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time all right Cameron Meer it's all you
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buddy
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know well Rays deserve to lose that one
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that's on you
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Rays that's on you bad game horrible
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game yeah I am really irritated with
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just because they got rid of so many
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good players I mean granted in a few
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years some of the guys that are in 1A 2A
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3A the prospect I know in a few years
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I'm going to be happy about who the ray
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got but tonight really kind of showed
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that could he used the guys they got rid
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of probably wouldn't have lost that game
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I don't know if the ray have given up on
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the rest of the season
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again probably be you know fighting my
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words a little bit and I year or two and
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some of those prospects you know are
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doing a lot better but man that was that
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was a tough that was a tough one to
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watch that that was that was rough yeah
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they're doing fireworks tonight they're
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going to open the roof back up and do a
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fireworks show afterwards but as soon as
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the final out happened decided to leave
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just didn't want to be there anymore
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just usually I don't mind so much when
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the Rays lose I've been plenty of games
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that they lose with the Tropic Can field
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and a away games something about this
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one just really struck a core with me
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that possibly they screwed up on the at
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the end of the trade deadline kind of
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just like releasing everybody selling
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off everything and unless my op this is
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just my opinion unless a slight Miracle
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happens or they go on some hot streak I
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don't know if they're going to get the
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Wild Card based on the performance
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tonight in there yeah anyway I can have
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a different view on that in a couple
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days a loss is always kind of kind of
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jarring but this one I think out of all
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the times I've seen the Rays lose was
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really a noticeable
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error in the formation of the lineup and
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people that are no longer on the team
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that we're on the team just last week
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but anyway that's going to do it for
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today thanks for watching I'll see you
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in the next video Stadium 27 has been
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knocked off my list the
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