I Went To Opening Day Of Baseball Season 2022 - Tampa Bay Rays WIN at Tropicana Field / MLB is Back
Tampa Bay Rays Opening Day 2022
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today's adventure brings me back to st
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petersburg as a recording of this friday
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april 8
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2022
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opening day
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the major league baseball season starts
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right now
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i haven't been to the trop since october
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for the alds
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but i'm back
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baseball's back
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first pitch is at 3 p.m it's about 1 30
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now so about 90 minutes prior to game
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time and the gates have already opened
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the crowd has already poured in and i
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heard
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sold quite a few tickets today it should
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be a pretty good size
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crowd inside there which would be nice
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welcome everyone anime the woo here
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wearing an appropriate t-shirt my retro
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tropicana field shirt
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now originally the major league baseball
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season was supposed to kick off on march
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31st in fact i had tickets
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to fenway park against the red sox and
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rise that did not happen unfortunately
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because of the major league baseball
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lockout it was pushed forward a little
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bit
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but one good thing came out of a
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negative thing
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now opening day
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as in the team my root force home
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stadium tropicana field you see i
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brought a few friends of tagging along
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as well introducing them momentarily got
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some halfway decent seats first base
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side upper deck first level looking over
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it should be good
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i'm inviting you to join i am excited
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tropicana field once again it's been
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months since i've been in here join me
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and tampa j
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we're back baby
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we're back at the trap and i got a
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bell shall you shall you please i should
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also introduce
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two other gentlemen that are over here
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mr spore and ryan
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wearing an appropriate hat there you are
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from cleveland
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no tribe today but you're in the trap
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i'm in the trough not the tribe not the
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tribe but the trop no more trouble and
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normally rooting for the saint louis
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cardinals
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do you go by greg's game room or
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adventures by george
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whichever whichever you feel like today
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we're adventures by george tampa greg
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tampa j
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and the newly acquired hat
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tampa florida
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we're all tampa aren't we today we're
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tip we're tampa bay we're technically in
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saint pete let's get in there now i
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would imagine the merchandise store is
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probably quite a bit of a line i do want
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to get some merchandise
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here at the truck
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tropicana field
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now this is very familiar territory
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walking in here as you're walking in
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they have quite a few people they don't
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usually have during the regular season
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all kind of dressed up and dancing
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and whatnot and as you walk in a little
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further there's not only i don't see dj
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kitty yet but i do see
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raymond over here dancing it up a little
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bit and there's also a character i have
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never seen before in any regular season
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games or even at the alds
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air raymond air raymond kind of doing
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his thing and
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dancing around as well so you got the
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you got regular raymond and you got an
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air version of raymond
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as well so basically just going to go in
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and walk in also i'm noticing that max
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the cowbell kid who was at a lot of
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regular season games is here as well
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cowbell kid in the house haven't seen
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him since last year during the playoffs
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he's kind of a staple always out in
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right field
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the cowbell kid
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in the house
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here's mickey
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as well there's mickey right there not
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it's a not so hidden mickey
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and also this is kind of a celebration
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for you tampa jay because it's not only
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opening day of baseball season but you
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just accomplished something on youtube
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50 000 subscribers yes i did i'm very
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grateful thank you and looking at some
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of the merchandise check out this brett
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phillips i haven't seen that one before
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this is kind of new and you got brandon
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sweet and low or brandon lyle there and
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then over here you got kier meyer and
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i've been thinking about getting a long
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sleeve maybe either a hoodie or
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something like this because i go to some
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away games i have to wear a jacket i
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don't want to put a non-tampa bay jacket
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over my tampa bay gear kind of pricey
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but i'm going to think about this
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throughout the course of the game i kind
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of like that all right i went ahead and
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decided to go ahead and get it so i'm
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waiting in the line getting up to the
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front and then i'm going to go ahead and
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purchase it i might as well think about
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doing it as well all right it appears as
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if they are announcing
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the teams over there we got the teams
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down the the
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first base line
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and the third base line over there
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this is so dang cool the season is
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officially starting
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ah they're announcing the opening lineup
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right now yandy diaz is the lead off
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lead off hitters
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for the first time in over 40 years four
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teams in the division won at least 90
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games topped by your tampa bay rays
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oh there it
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is last year
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a pretty good view from up here also
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first pitch
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oh he hit him
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he freaking hit the batter on the first
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pitch that's how we start the season oh
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we're gonna have a little rumble already
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he did it
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first pitch of the season from plan
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ahead
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he hits the batter
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there's basement
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wow
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i didn't expect that that's the last
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thing i expected
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i also should point over here
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we've got raymond exiting and also dj
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kitty was down there too
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it is pretty cool seeing the new banner
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up there
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oh got raymond down there making his way
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through the through the stands
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i'm also noticing the upper deck
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seats are not open
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see up top there they don't have the
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upper deck seats open
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probably just to make everyone fill into
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the lower section by the way wander
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franco's up now
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his first at-bat of the regular season
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22.
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do not lean sit or stand against this
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rail
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over here on this level
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they have a grand slam
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grill i got myself a little bit of
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mustard
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a little mustard on my dog right here
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little nathan dog
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also this is kind of a game changer
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they have this 12
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refillable cup
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which seems like a lot but a regular
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soda's like seven bucks this is good all
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game long
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so i went with that with the cherry coke
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and after my dog i'm gonna chow down on
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some of these raised salted peanuts
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these are not just regular hampton farms
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these are raised
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salted peanuts you went with the you
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really loaded up there yeah i love my
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ketchup and my mustard adam oh what did
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you get ryan got the hot dog which is
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gone you already ate it wow you already
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ate the hot dog
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i've been looking forward to this hot
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dog for years what about you greg i woke
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mine down already you guys already
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whooped them yeah we left them you
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whooped them we whooped them we whooped
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them good i like the wolf
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too busy filming ours they've already
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devoured there i know man i'm saving
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it's the first hot dog of the season i'm
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gonna have seven of these today seven
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hold them up
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right now oh
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all right i've now opened up the peanuts
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in fact i've already started on a few
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you can see some of the
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shells that are down there
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oh yes
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these are pretty tasty just the perfect
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amount of salt
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here on these got the mlb
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logo on as well
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the orioles are back up
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last year there was a game i sat up
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there in the upper deck of the party
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deck
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i have to say besides the alds the
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playoffs last year
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this is the most people i've seen in the
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trop
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from at least any of the games last year
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what do you think jeff yeah this is it
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man
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well it's full except for the upper deck
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up here
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but everything else is like pretty good
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about i mean it's not full
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but full for truck it's true
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for the truck it's tropical that's what
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i was doing it's tropical tropical it's
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not tropical but it's tropical tropical
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every game that's for sure
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franco's still looking for his first hit
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of 22.
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the second battle of the game
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and that could be it
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just witnessed it
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i don't know if the shaking of the
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peanuts
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is like a good sign for hr
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but i don't if he likes peanuts then
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this could be a good sign
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now based on the playoffs last year
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see over in the dugout of rosarina
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chowing down with some sunflower seeds i
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don't have any all i have is peanuts
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yeah i feel like if i had sunflower
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seeds
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it would be oh ryan's got some peanuts
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here too
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you've got to share the wealth you got
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any sunflower seeds
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rainbows
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brandy needs sunflowers
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this could be good
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still no score but that's about to
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change
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right there
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awesome i got a little souvenir
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the first wave of the 22 season
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got someone wearing a kier meyer jersey
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i was like witnessing a wave starter
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it's an orchestra maestro here
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there it is there we go there we go okay
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it went about 12 feet yeah oh it's going
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the other way it goes going the other
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way
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you went the wrong way go the other way
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outfield yeah outfield
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it's a great band
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there it is all right it's moving now
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a little activity in the raised bullpen
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down number 84.
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i like how the bullpens here are just
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right adjacent to the field level right
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down the first base line and it's a base
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hit by the orioles
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we got the opening day banner right here
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too
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what's that this looks like the opening
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day banner right there too
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same one that's like right behind don't
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fight
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and in the middle of the fifth inning
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they always do a mascot race that's when
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they're not running they're kind of just
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bouncing along these like
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kind of inflatable balls going along
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there
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little mascot race is happening it looks
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like the rowdy's mascot was the one who
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didn't end up winning
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home run orioles
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orioles are now on the board
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now it's one to one
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it's all good though it's only one to
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one still
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that is a healthy sized beverage
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we utilize the free refills
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another raised pitcher warming up in the
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bullpen
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cowbell out in the right field
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and see nina up to the plate
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and i consumed a few peanuts
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and you were saying something about
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peanuts at the ballpark just tastes
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better than regular peanuts just tastes
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better at the ballpark when you're
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covered in salt i want to see how you
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use the cowbell
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give me a little cowbell are you ready
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yes
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you gotta chime in jack this is way
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better chime in all right hold on
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let's go
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i am now gone with another snack here
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it's quite the snack
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that's a baseball oh that's pretty good
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that's pretty neat right it has the
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it has the baseball there it is we got
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quite a bit of mustard you want a
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picture of me taking the french fry
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you want a frying pan they go by what's
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the fry
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excited to douse it with some mustard
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little chicken tenders
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you got the rays
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a little
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paper holder there on top of it all
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right it's now time for the seventh
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inning stretch we got someone playing
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the saxophone over here
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and this is exciting as dj kitty and
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raymond get off the dugout from the
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seventh inning stretch pinch hitting
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brett phillips
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you're about to devour your second dog
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of the day dog got it i love him what's
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that look for hot dogs
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what are you guys looking at fascinated
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by all the cameras
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hey you've been filming too everyone
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what are you gonna put your hand over
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what do i got in my hand that's the most
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important thing
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and it looks like it's going to be under
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review as well like it's actually going
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to be under review see what happens with
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this oh no they're calling them out
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they have just called him out
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and good to see phillips out there in
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right field now
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not only
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up the plate end up striking out but now
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he's out in right field
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oh this is happening the waves going all
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the way around
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look at this
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right by the raised tank got the
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stingray is it going here it goes
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there it is
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look at that it's still going look over
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there still going right there
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it's passing the board
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wait does something come in ways
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would you say something comes in waves
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yeah the uh the dropping cannon comes
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away the tropicana comes in waves
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oh look at raymond down here
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he's like beating on the drums
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that was a good hustle too
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number 56 up bases loaded
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brandy rose arena hop up hop up
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and another pitcher number 30 warming up
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in the bullpen over here
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all right everybody standing starting to
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stand now
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one out needed
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one out knee this could be it
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not a bad way for it to end on opening
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day
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not a bad way at all with a win
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very close i thought it was going to get
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opened up a little bit in that one
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ending but it didn't and raymond's also
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out also the teams are kind of
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high-fiving kind of high five each other
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as they're going back into the
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dugout but raymond also coming out
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waving the flag around
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right out there waving the flag around
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going out into from right field in the
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center field raymond always does that
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with the wind if the rays win raymond
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will come out wave the flag around out
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pretty cool to see a win a tropicana
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field on opening day
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2022 baseball season push back from the
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lockout
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opening day was going to be about two
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weeks ago but spring training got
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changed around a little bit and opening
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day changed around a little bit but it
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happened and the rays went and now
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heading down the escalator
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and i'm just gonna make my way back over
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to center field all in all a pretty
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awesome game
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i thought they were gonna pull away
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there in the eighth inning when brett
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phillips came up but they still won by a
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margin of one
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run
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a good start to full season what they
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say is going to be a full sea of season
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even though the lockout kind of pushed
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it back
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there is rumors or they've even stated
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they're going to play a full season
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that's a wedge in
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the games that were missed i'm
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interested to see how that works out
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not too many stadiums that have
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raised
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sea life
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in center field
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this one does however
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i think tampa j has rounded the bases
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and he's made it home over there you
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made it home tampa j
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to the top and walking outside i must
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say the weather is amazing
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right now nice and cool what's the time
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right now about seven o'clock
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6 30.
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702.
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7.02 all right
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that's going to do it for today
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from exploring ryan greg's game room
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tampa j yo what's up everyone 5
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50 000 subscribers strong thank you i
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appreciate it raise one thanks buddy
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we crossed you've never been in a
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tropicana field before well one time
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rage game about three years ago you were
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here with us for the alds yeah you're
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wearing a st st louis cardinals but
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i'll see you in the next video
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the vlog
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the jake is over feelings are over the
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vlog
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oh yeah a lot of people do not like
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tropicana field i happen to enjoy the
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trap
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it's just you don't have to worry about
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rain delays you don't have to worry
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about anything happening inside now
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today the sun was not probably would not
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have been a major issue rain was not a
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major issue but sometimes it is
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i like the tropicana field