The Perfect Tampa Bay Rays Spring Training Baseball Day - Home Plate Seats / Good Weather & Hot Dogs
Tampa Bay Rays Spring Training 2022
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ah yes a perfect as a recording of this
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a sunday
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for
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baseball and to be a little more
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technical as the recording of this
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sunday april 3rd
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2022 i have arrived in bradenton for a
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little spring training game welcome
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everyone adam the woo here with jordan
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the lion you're wearing an appropriate
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hat i am i've been to raised games
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before you are kind of a you're you're
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into a lot of baseball not particularly
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one team even though you do have a
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cincinnati reds tattoo on your arm
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i am a reds fan but i learned long ago
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to enjoy being a baseball fan i had to
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enjoy just the game itself so i like to
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go to every park i can and see it
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through the eyes of the home team have
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you ever been to the pittsburgh pirates
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spring trading stadium i have not i have
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not either now usually my buddy tampa
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jay will go to rey's games with me he
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happens to be in indiana right now
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and you're the filling jay you're you're
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there's tampa j and phil and jay yeah
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fill in jake and he would be jay the
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lion today you guys are switching places
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like vice versa yeah i think we can do
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that the fred savage fell yeah
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vice versa what was what was the one
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with judd trying to hold that was that
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was it it was okay
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i'm inviting you to join me
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and jordan the lion
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shall you
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okay the starting lineup is pretty
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exciting for me you know rooting for the
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race brandon lau leading officer nino
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the catcher and also wanda franco is in
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which is awesome i have not seen him
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bat or take the field so far this spring
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training and again i went to a game
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about a week and a half ago and he was
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not in the starting lineup also austin
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meadows brett phillips
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which is pretty cool now i'm out on
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field level watching the players kind of
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warm up here
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you know getting their stretches in and
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whatnot one thing i'm really noticing is
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there's a lot of netting on the first
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and
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third base line a lot more netting than
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i've seen in some of the the other
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stadiums it'd be very difficult to get a
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foul ball
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kind of in this in this particular area
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also some players are already signing
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autographs including brett phillips fred
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flips is always out of tropicana and
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obviously during spring training he's
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out also signing autographs great for
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the team and one of my favorite players
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i love his attitude oh there he is wanda
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franco just signed a 10 or 12 year
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contract with the reyes so he'll be a
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face of the team for a long time i don't
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think i saw rosarina in the starting
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lineup
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but a lot a lot of players i really
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enjoy watching all right now i believe
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we're sitting
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our seats are somewhere up here
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so we're going to be kind of in the sun
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but it's nice because it's kind of
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overcast today yeah what sun yeah this
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is good no sun
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not totally crowded or anything it
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should be a good day yeah and you were i
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was mentioning but you also mentioned
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how much netting there is here on the
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sides yeah i mean that's insane because
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the fun and going to spring training for
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me is like you can get a lot of foul
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balls and stuff meet the players stuff
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usually the netting stops like right
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about here but it goes all the way down
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to the far end 50 feet oven yeah
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these would be good seats but these are
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not our seats we're kind of we're just
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going to be kind of doesn't keep the
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birds out a lot of birds out in the
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outfield a lot of birds out there what
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do you say they're shagging some uh
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shagging some flies some pop-ups
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birds out there waiting shagging some
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flies
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some real flies not not pop flies real
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fly
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there goes brett just got done signing
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probably signed at least 100 autographs
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and jerseys and jerseys too people a lot
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of times now don't want to sign
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those kind of things
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and i'm also noticing it seems that
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there are more people here for the rays
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than there are the pirates i don't know
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how good the pirates have done in recent
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years but yeah this is the pirates home
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spring training stadium and also home of
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the marauders one of their farm teams
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but there's not a lot of people here in
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the pirates yellow which is kind of
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surprising look over there where they're
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kind of warming up oh there comes the
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pirates mascot because they have the
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pirates mascot is that bird walking
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towards a little shout out to the
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grounds crew
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very under appreciative job but without
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them wouldn't have the perfect fields
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to play games on they already got
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everything all set up oh here we go over
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there i'm just through the glove
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just through the glove the pair oh it's
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a parrot it's a pair there's wander
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right there
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just signed that autograph warming up
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the
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army's online
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okay walked over to customer service
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also getting a pretty good view of
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everyone kind of flooding in now gonna
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try to go ahead and pay the upgrade and
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sit behind home plate all right it
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appears as if now the original tickets i
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bought they're good to go all right
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thank you okay all right thanks and it
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was only a 55 i think the original
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tickets were about for 30
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so 55 more dollars upgraded the seats
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okay brandon lau was up first for the
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first pitch actually ended up striking
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out
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so you know the catcher's up
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that's a pop-up and of course over here
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got wander
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they have so much netting oh that's look
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at that yeah
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it took that long for that ball to drop
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because it rolled all the way
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this is actually pretty good because
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we're able to see
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all the players there in the dugout as
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well
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seats we had would have been bleacher
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seats
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which weren't bad but
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these are a little bit oh strong outside
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number
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strike five come on hobbs knock the
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cover off the ball
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oh yeah there we
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go going for a double baby go get down
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i was just able to put the camera right
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there through the little
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right there just like right there
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through the netting the only problem now
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is there's two outs and two strikes
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don't want to leave wander on second
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you're stoked man i love this ball
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and we kind of we have a seat between
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the middle of us
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kind of moved over because there's not
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really anyone sitting in this section
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yeah what's up with that so we're just
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getting a little more a little more
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elbow room until
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two days left in spring i would have
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thought there'd be more people here a
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lot of people are sitting out of the sun
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even though the sun's kind of popping in
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and out
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that could be the reason
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we're not
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easy out pirates are now up noticing
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over there just getting the water out of
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the cooler
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randy or rosarina chewing on some
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sunflower seeds which he was known to do
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during the playoff season last year
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just
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and just to show how good these seats
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are
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there is a raised team photographer
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behind me
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taking photos right here
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extra zoomed in
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got the pirates player get the signals
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from the
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third baseman
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yeah
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come on
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nailed it
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got
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rasmussen
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is on the mound taking that play at
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first and over to third dude
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extra extracurricular activity throws
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today that
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was awesome
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wall's over on third base
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that was exciting all right it seems as
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if did not get the guy at first but did
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get the guy at third
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i don't know what just happened i
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thought he got the guy at first but
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hearing the clicks of the camera right
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behind my neck
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it's pretty cool
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photographer took about eight thousand
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photos in two seconds
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the batboy coming out
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it'd be hard to get a toss up here
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because there's this netting it's
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oh look randy got himself a little
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souvenir got himself a little souvenir
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why doesn't the netting cover them
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they get hit too
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that's a good point
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oh yeah oh someone for the raise
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jersey over there got a foul ball got
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themselves a little souvenir
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and the catcher i was wrong the catcher
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is not zunino today zunino was actually
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the designated hitter but phillips was
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on deck but he went back in the dugout
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now he's coming back out
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put the catcher in today ended up
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getting on first base
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interesting fact last year during the
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american league division series
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phillips was not in the roster which was
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kind of unusual i'm sure he would have
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made it in the championship series they
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didn't put him in
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i don't know if they really have a team
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captain but i would consider him
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he's my team captain
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what if they do have a team captain
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never officially on baseball it's
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usually just kind of like somebody that
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the guys all
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accept is
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the head of the
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clubhouse
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all right
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brett
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no outs
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guy on first and second phillips up to
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bat spending eighth for the raise
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playing center field number 35
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brett phillips
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red getting to see a little more
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applause than water got
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just a little bit but not you know a
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little bit more
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and the catcher has just thrown a piece
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of sod
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it is now three and two he might walk
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him
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nope walked him
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face is loaded
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he's up to that
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he's getting a little wild
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no out space is loaded
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oh
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up
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good catch
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granola got himself a little souvenir
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a little toss up over the
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there you go
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good catch brandon that rang the umpires
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bell dude
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hi pop-up
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you gotta get it
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nope oh bounced off some lucky fan got
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themselves uh
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i think i've already run that into the
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ground
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i could never run that one into the girl
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what am i running in the ground
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the kingpin reference
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you got it some lucky fan got ticketed
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not that
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second baseman number eight
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brandon loud
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yeah that's interesting seeing zunino
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was a dh
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not playing catcher
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that kind of threw me off at first
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the thing i like about these seats is
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you really kind of get up close and
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personal with the players
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so you can start to know the team a
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little better you'll probably hear us
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from here
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we're on a quest now for some snacks i
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am going to get a hot dog
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kind of showing from the center field
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view as this bird flies
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also kind of wondering if this game is
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televised which a lot of spring training
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games are there's a possibility we might
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be on tv
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not the current moment but
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what if this was the only time
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they're showing that angle
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and directly under the scoreboard is one
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of many
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little snack stations this one back here
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the light doesn't look too bad
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all right opted out of
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opted out of that snack station they're
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gonna go to the third base line all
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right looks like this is the option over
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here
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for food this might work a little
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quicker that one out in the outfield was
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taking a little while so
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a few people in line there everyone
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wants some food all right looking at the
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menu here this is pirate's cove grill
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what do you think about getting jordan
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on the menu
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um well that's not exactly the pirate
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type menu i would have expected hot dogs
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on a pirate ship
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jordan
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are you going to get a hot dog
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i think i might get a hot dog for the
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cheeseburgers you order the cheeseburger
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i'm going with the dog the regular dog
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i'm going to maybe get should i get
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nachos or peanuts
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i love baseball game kind of peanuts let
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me do peanuts and then i'll probably get
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a coke
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you're going for the burger i think so
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are you ready for a burger something
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served in the souvenir helmet i'm hoping
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that it's the cheeseburger all right
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bases are loaded and phillips is up
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missed a little bit of the action while
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waiting in line jordan's holding the
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spot
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i want to see what happens now with
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phillips at bat with the bases loaded
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let's do it
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without it
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all right i got my peanuts
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i'm also noticing these hot dogs
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not the largest hot dogs i've seen in
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the stadium before i also got mustard
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i'm gonna put on it but yeah
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pirates are backed up
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now jordan was noticing something i've
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never paid attention to before but
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notice how wander
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also foul ball over there
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wander tucks his pants
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into his shoes
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go beyond the heel
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yeah i don't know what the reason for
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that is
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they obviously
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have pants that are short enough for
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them to wear
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maybe it's a superstitious thing
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all right number five making his way to
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the plate wander
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i am really liking this kind of angle
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here of all the players
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it's quite
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expensive
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extremely zoomed in they really weren't
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that pricey though
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fifty dollar up charge on top of what we
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had already paid for our bleacher seats
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it's pretty good
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in my opinion
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nice
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there it is
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that's an easy double 12 years you say
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huh
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easy double easy double for wonderful
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got my peanuts right here it's like
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everybody else kind of puts them on the
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edge there as well
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finish the finish the dog
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now getting into the peanuts
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oh it's like kevin cash is coming out
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gotta pull the pitcher yeah kevin cash
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coming out to the mount my mouth
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the first time i've seen kevin today
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he's been kind of tucked away in the
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dugout
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at least not within the view from where
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he's sitting i think this is the
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appropriate place i see everybody else
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just put him on the ground we're
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supposed to put him around the ground
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right it's tradition
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all right man on first
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man on second and phillips is up nowhere
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else
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i know i'm gonna make though
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phillips of course of course says point
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the phrase
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baseball is fun
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in fact breck started his own clothing
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line
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which says baseball is fun on it i need
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to get me one of those shirts
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looking at the scoreboard here
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scoreboard here is top of the fifth
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race have 11 hits
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got the banner over here
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going got the pickle
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yeah you don't see too many any pickles
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in baseball anymore
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not going home
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i don't know that's true
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there's a guy just standing over on
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third
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smoke break he's probably watching much
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like we were i was saying wow they
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haven't they got a pickle that's what i
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used to call when i was younger a pickle
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a home run now
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from ramirez for the rest
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round in the bases
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two home runs in a row
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goodbye mr spaulding
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no way is it
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is it
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that was almost a foul ball but he
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caught fair ball advance the runner
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that was way over there in the corner
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they're at all
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oh dropped it against the net walk it
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off
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here we're talking about how the net the
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nets are extended way down yeah that
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kind of disturbed the
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that disturbed the catch a little bit if
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that net wasn't there he would have had
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that all day long
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the net was an obstacle
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yeah i'm not a fan i think that hit him
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in the face
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number 83 get down get down
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all right seventh inning stretch is
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starting
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that's why the parents out the parents
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about to get everyone to do some
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stretching
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already starting to do a stretch of
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scratch in the head got the head turned
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the hat turned around backwards
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i can't believe it took me till now to
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notice that there is
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an old scoreboard out in left field
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that's no longer being used it's just
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just there of course the new scoreboard
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right up there
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it is now the bottom of the eight
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pirates are back up
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i'm just gonna kind of meander around
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the rest of the game i think
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okay
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top of the ninth now
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19 hits for the rise seven for the
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pirates
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razor up eight to two
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one error for the raise also
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oh looks like that might be
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a double for the race
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drove the runner over to third
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ray's looking pretty good
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another run for the race oh another two
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runs for the ride he's got a rocket
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he's got him he got him he's out
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john harrison we all do
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josh harrison
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and there's no one warming up in the
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pirates pulled them because after this
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series of outs the game is over
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nine to two race that's a foul ball
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all right this is it two strikes two
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outs pitchers on the mound the same one
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i saw in the bullpen a minute ago oh got
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him it's over
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ray's win sidearm pitcher as well
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the raise win nine to two and that's
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gonna do it for
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today this will be my final spring
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training game i had announced that i was
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only going to do the last spring
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training game and then i got up this
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morning i thought to myself you know
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it'd be really kind of nice to go to
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another spring training game and so
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there's only a couple games left
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before
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the little bit of a break and then the
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regular season begins very very very
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shortly i figured heck it i would drive
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all the way out here to bradenton and go
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to my final spring training game
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of
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2022 before the regular season begins
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and on the way out i heard from tampa j
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who was not in town to go to the game
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and he sent this photograph of me and
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sitting in the front row right there
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so he was kind of vicariously
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paying attention as well even though he
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wasn't in central force it well this
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isn't technically central florida what
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would this be south florida i don't know
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what would this be considered
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mid florida
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west florida but that right there is
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jordan and i
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on tv
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for posterity see the next video the
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vlog
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is over