My Truist Park Experience In Atlanta - Inside The Braves Dugout & Stadium Tour / Flag Day Fireworks
Trust Park June 2024
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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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June the 14th 2024 very warm Atlanta
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Georgia still have my coffee here hot
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coffee py hot caffeinated beverage I am
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heading to truis
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park home of the Atlanta Braves they've
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been in the stadium for quite a few
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years now I was here back on October
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31st Halloween night of 202 21 the Tampa
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Bay Rays who I root for been rooting for
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them for quite a few years now 3 years
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started pretty heavily going to their
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games in 2021 they got eliminated from
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the postseason my uncle who lives here
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in town big Braves
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guy him and I went to the World Series
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on that Halloween night of
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2021 the Braves lost that game to the
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Astros but ended up winning the World
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Series let's kind of hope with they pull
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it out that night for my uncle but they
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didn't either way we had a good time so
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I've been to the stadium before but I do
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not count
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stadiums on my list of the 30 current
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stadiums to accomplish by the end of
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this year will takeing Me 3 years if all
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goes well unless my Rays play at that
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Stadium it's a weird challenge I'm doing
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but after today after first pitch it'll
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be my 22nd stadium that I have been to
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while rooting for the Tampa Bay race
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where my young b d shirt on the back got
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my city connect on got my old school TB
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with the light blue join me good to have
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you
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here also my uncle was busy him and my
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aunt are going to a friend's wedding
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today this whole weekend so he wasn't
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able to go kind of bummed about that but
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I'm here join me shall you it's about
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11:15 right now at noon I have booked a
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ballpark
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tour going to go to a few spots I've
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never done a tour here
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either so I'll be seeing the Rays and
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getting a tour both my first times here
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in Atlanta
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Georgia see trest park over there in the
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distance the tour was $35 well $32 $30
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give or take a
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dollar Crossing this bridge then first
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pitch I believe is at 720 so after the
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tour I'll go back to my hotel relax for
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a little bit and then head over to the
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game again double duty at the stadium
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all right this this is an area known as
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the battery of course when you think of
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battery you think of like car batteries
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phone batteries but when you think of
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baseball battery you think it be pitcher
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and the catcher both those players make
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up the
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battery a they got a little Fountain
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over there a little splash pad if you
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will right over there and then you got
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the Chop House out going to be probably
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a lot of tomahawk chop action going on
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today I will not be partaking of that
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but I will be raising up I I think the
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raay need they need some kind of thing
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they used to have the cowbell They Don't
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Really promote the cowbell as much as
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they used to shout out to cowbell Max oh
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look at the size of this ring right here
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it's also a Braves car over there 2021
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World Series champions I know the rays
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are in last place in the AL East but you
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never know how the Wild Card Works it'd
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be really nice if this year or in the re
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in in the near future the Rays get one
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of these I like I'd like to see the Rays
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win the series here's a list of all the
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National League penants Of course in a
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totally different division than the Rays
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they also won the world series again in
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21 I stated 57 95
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194 it's rare that the Rays play the
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brav very rare number
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six Bobby
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Cox fourth winning as manager and
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baseball but also the winningest manager
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in Braves history with
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2,149 Braves whims little construction
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going on over there now if I had to pick
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my favorite or most notable Braves
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growing up I always collected Dale
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Murphy's cards also Hank Aaron of course
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the Home Run Champion Hank Aaron those
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would probably be probably be my two
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John Smoltz also was a was another one
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that I really like back in the day and
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also there is a Phil Phil
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nro sculpture over there the knuckle
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ball King remember my dad really liked
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Phil ncro you saw we used to throw the
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ball around in the yard when I was
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younger and he'd always my dad was
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really good at throwing a knuckle
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ball also my dad dad went to Atlanta
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Christian College he would tell me
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stories so the Braves used to play in
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Another Stadium way back in that day and
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he would go see Hank a at hit batting
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practice he actually saw Hank Aaron hit
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batting practice crushing some homers
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here in
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Atlanta pretty dang cool 11:21 now the
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current temperature is 85° there's an
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air quality alert until 600 p.m. it's
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actually going to warm up quite a bit
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first pitch which is way later at 7 it's
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going to be
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92° sunset is not till 8:50
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interesting so it's going to be not
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going to be super hot but it's
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definitely going to be uh definitely not
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going to be cool and crisp here in
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Atlanta on this game day all right a
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little time to burn here so I'm going to
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walk around in the team store over here
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check out what they
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got
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Riley Matt
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olon B right
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here you buy a whole
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bat so jumbo squeezy these are the ones
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that you get to put the ice cream in
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remember these from Dairy Queen back in
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the day all right I've scanned my QR
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code and this is the gift they give you
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for doing the
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tour best seats in the House in my
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opinion one of the best values in the
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house if youever buying tickets this is
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the side of the field be because the
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sun's on that side of the thing that's
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why we put the business du out in the
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third b side how about
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but I'd like to bring you here cuz you
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can see everything from this vantage
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point when you come to the game you come
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to see what's going on on the field
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obviously however there's a whole lot
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more to it than just the game itself
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it's the great experience of everything
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is your broadcasters your colonist your
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bloggers your PR representative of both
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teams there's also a Time Clock
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operating from maor the reason was that
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they if they had fans sitting there that
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fan moving around and with those white
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shirts would distract the f that's the
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reason they don't have seats in Den
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center field at baseball
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St and if they do they're covered up
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with a top the brav thought we can do
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better than an ugly T let's do something
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that shows the beauty of the state of
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Georgia there's a real evergreen trees
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growing out there on the other side of
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that wall those
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represent the various trees that
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Georges 41 flag this organization is won
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25 Flags in Atlanta 14 in Boston
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walk am I blocking you can you see
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them the White Flag tells you that we
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won the Wild Card light blue flag the
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division dark blue flag the National
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League
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Championship what's the red flag
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guys World Series the Chick-fil-A cow
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exactly y like
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Chick-fil-A you know what chick C's name
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is it's Cathy you know why name is Kathy
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Kathy because the founder of Chick-fil-A
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is a man named TR Kathy and he named all
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of his cow children the same thing
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Kath all in same C Hospital New Orleans
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Lou get all the team led up see you can
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have a pictures them and then you free
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to go just want to remind you this is a
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great place to take pictures here feel
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free to sit down in the club take shots
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take pictures of the field if you like
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look at the size of that air conditioner
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unit so regardless of the size of your
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hood you got all you can need space you
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got beautiful option aired
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the but most of the history of the ER
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and what he was able to accomplish is on
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the other end we show you that act
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used that is a 35 o b big bat Henry
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Aaron was a nice sized man but he wasn't
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a large large man had very quick wrists
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that was the reason for his ability to
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hit all those home runs it was so
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quick April 8th 1974 that was the
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record-breaking Dinger surpassed with
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babe 715th home run there was an actor
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in the ballpark that
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night and some guy had caught the ball
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and been unwilling to give the ball back
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he'd had the right obviously he would
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have been if that ball had been hit in
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the season you'd had a guy that says I'm
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not giving it back I don't care what you
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give me I'm keeping this ball can you
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imagine what that ball would be working
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day in
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private but it's not it's in Atlanta a
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lot of people say why is it not at the
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hall of fame in New
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York turn around and take a look at this
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guys that's a picture of Aaron breaking
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the
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record and if you stand back just a
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little bit to take a picture of it it
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really pops because it says 715 715
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that's how many took the great bab R's
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record
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this is the infinity Club this is where
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your corporate sweets are many of them
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then Micky M fan Micky M obviously
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alfield for the Yankees in the 50s and
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60s Larry Jones Cher's dad idolized
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Mickey M so much that he wanted his son
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to be just like him Mickey m is the
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number one he would have had an
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opportunity to go anywhere else in the
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country but he chose to stay here we you
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thank for that cuz he would have earned
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much more money had he gone somewhere
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else here's what you do guys you want
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get this is actually a bench from the
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old stadium right here that was in the
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in the dugout
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here Braves National League
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Rays American r
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360 all right they have like a preparing
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for a little buffet in here for
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later I myself man this is nice in here
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right
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so the the gates open about 2 hours
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before the game so these people will
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come in here and just get in ly and just
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start munching and continue to munch for
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the next 2 hours it's all you can eat
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all you can drink they got you chicken
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fingers they got they got pizza they got
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salad the Gold Glove
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bar that's a gold glove far as you can
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see Gold Club is awarding to the player
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that has the best Fielding percentage at
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each position Silver Slugger Award
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awarded to the best hitter in each
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position so let's go back to the gold
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gloves here's a trli question for you
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who has more gold LS in Major League
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Baseball history than
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anybody GRE MX very good how many 18
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most exclusive Club in the entire
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ballpark there's 160 seats in the truest
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club and that is
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all so people come in here they get here
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and get valet park across the street
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then they come on inside and sit down at
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those tables where they are served or
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they may be served at their got the ball
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par Fair there as well let's say you got
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a
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favoritee do it all
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over that's what the TR CL is all about
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this is really
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really special they truly take care of
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these everywhere in the ball par but
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right here in the je Club it just do not
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get better very very special is there a
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dress code
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no okay can you imagine wearing a Coke
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P I was just checking you need to know
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you want to make sure to wear your gown
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is that it is there like a Cotton Tail
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attire you want to wear your cocktail
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dress you
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welcome yes this is really really very
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special so this is what you get inside
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let me show you what you get outside
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pretty freaking crazy on the
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field well on the warning track it's uh
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pretty awesome had to go in The
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Dugout freaking
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awesome not allowed to step on the grass
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though because you can walk along the
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warning track
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right down the right field line look at
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this foul ball Fair ball foul ball Fair
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ball all right that's pretty dang cool
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that was pretty Dar
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now have dinner down this way got Beau
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wall
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alls and guess who's playing right field
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in front of you when
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he's so you can sit there and cheer
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Ronald or whoever's playing right field
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let's turn the tide a little bit let's
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say that Bryce Harper is in town and
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he's actually healthy enough to play
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right field for the filthies huh the
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filthies you got to follow me here you
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ready so Bry is in front of you playing
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field you got three hours you got chill
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drink rails keeping your beverages cold
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right in front of you can Shout
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wonderful encouraging words in the
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direction of Bryce Haren
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or knowing that with each passing inning
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and each passing beverage your
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compliments can become a whole lot more
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colorful does that sound
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fun all right I'm playing with you
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Mr it is as fun as you think it would
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be how do you get the tickets any of the
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special group areas if you have a big
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crowd of big group called put you
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these tickets are about hundred little
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over $100 a piece um depend
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tues that's where we were below the
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below the
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Chop the Rays playing at the trop but
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here they have a
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Chop Chop
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House Jackie Robinson over here got the
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sculpture Jackie I haven't seen a Hank
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Aaron sculpture but I would imagine
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there probably is one
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somewhere to run out there and see that
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many fans and you see those tomahawks in
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unison going back and forth I just felt
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like he couldn't come into Atlanta and
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beat
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us David Justice
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without the a this is out on the deck
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here at the Chop
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House now my seats if I remember right I
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got him over behind raised dug out kind
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of towards the third Bas line like not
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behind over there but like more if you
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guys will walk back inside with me here
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we'll end things
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up good day I hope you learned something
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about the
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ballpark I was in I've been in radio
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television for 30 years and I tell you I
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love my career but I've never loved
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anything more than what I'm grew today
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basball people equally as passionate
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about the gra and the game as I am all
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right walking back over to my hotel
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going to relax for a couple hours and
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then head back over for first pitch and
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game nice little walkway I just parked
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at the hotel and able just stroll over
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for the chour did not go up in the Press
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Box which I was kind of surprised no
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press box or anything like that but I'm
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glad I got to go and The Dugout I went
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back to my hotel for a couple hours
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purchased at the little gift shop up
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front on the way out well the counter I
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should say they had Voss water but in
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the plastic instead of the glass all
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right walking back over to Tru us
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now yeah I just realized that wasn't the
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worst tour I've gotten of a stadium it
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definitely was not the best pretty much
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with the exception going on the field
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you know the warning track was amazing
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going to Dugout awesome but it seemed
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like every other spot was just something
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that you could pay for as a
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VIP or something of that nature a lot of
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times they'll do that just so you know
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what they have available for purchase
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kind it would have been nice to get in
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the Press Box and things like that but
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sometimes certain things on game days
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aren't accessible so I can understand
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that aspect also just passed a place
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called
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murfs which I'm just going to go out on
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a limb and say that probably has
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something to do or is owned by someone
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in affiliation with Dale
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Murphy it's got to be right wao is this
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one of those self-driving vehicles I
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think it is no driver
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it's called a beep
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Hopper
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yeah it's got its own
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lane they have those in downtown Orlando
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now too I think it's pretty much the
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same thing it's a cool Bridge also that
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looks like the line of cars trying to
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park over
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there a lot easier just to walk from the
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hotel
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so all right back down at the battery
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and it is a a lot busier down here than
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it was a couple hours ago when I was
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down here a lot more people all right I
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am now back into I guess they refer to
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this as the A and it's evidently cowboy
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hat night they're giving away cowboy
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hats right here yeah it is definitely
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cowboy hat nights free cowboy hats given
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out when you walk in I didn't get one
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also check out these fans same ones they
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have at the Indiana Jones stunt
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spectacular Hollywood Studios I think
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they're called Big Ass Fans they got
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custom Jersey is over here look at them
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all up there circling around on the rack
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the custom shop is right there all those
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jerseys up there on the different rack
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they did not take the group over here
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during the tour but you can freely walk
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over here on your own accord
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after doors are open that's interesting
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Aaron used to play 1952 for the
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Indianapolis
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clowns there he is right here at the
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base of the fountain hameron Hank now
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there is the sculpture hitting the
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hitting the ball right there definitely
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cowboy hat night
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Murphy there's the knee brace s dream's
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knee
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brace there goes the Hooper the mascot
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right there rolling through here
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so definitely a large baseball oh dang
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2021 National League champion that's
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when they won the division and then here
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is the World Series trophy also today is
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Flag Day it's why the military is
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outside over at the battery that is why
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all the flags are out on the diamond
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metates a parachute demonstration us
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arm's golden kns and silver
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beams the American paratrooper B of fire
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in his guys of world war yeah I
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definitely was not expecting parach
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Shooters a huge flag out in the Outfield
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I knew they would have the ones along
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the diamond but this compares to how it
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was on Fourth of July a couple years
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when I went and saw the Rays versus the
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Red
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Sox pretty freaking awesome this one of
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the most
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spectacular Flag Day ceremonies I don't
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know if I've ever been to a baseball
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game on flag day but holy C W Atlanta
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really does it
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right and the game has now officially
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started just on the first two batters
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are already on first and second yandi
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got on and Randy got
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on
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Hell let's go one to nothing
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already just like that just like that I
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Love How Deep The Dugout is so you can
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see the guys right there very deep a lot
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of lot lot more kind of reminds me of
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the oak Coliseum how much but how much
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room there is
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there I've never seen cheerleaders come
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out in the bottom of the first inning to
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get everyone hyped that's actually kind
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of cool uhoh
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what is
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the weirdest thing not a good first
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inning for the race tell just launched
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over yandi had the easy out at
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first Razer already up 5 to
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one and the Braves got six hits in the
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bottom of the first inning
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now in the top of the top of the second
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the rays are already down 5 to one not a
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good out first inning for L toal on the
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mount another home run by the
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bra just noticing it's in the third
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inning now the cash has pulled
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latel Kevin Kelly is now on the
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mound so our starter only pitched the
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first two innings so lel's been really
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good but not today
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all right ground crew out they're doing
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something called a lottery ball race out
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in left field over there take a look the
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lottery ball race a lot of people on the
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diamond now with you got all the players
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out there and then you've also got the
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ground crew I was kind of getting
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confused on who was who they're all
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wearing the
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red guess this is their r CH even though
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they're winning by like
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eight just notic over there on top of
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the Braves dugout there's an
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advertisement for Pigeon Forge I was
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like oh Pigeon Forge I realized not that
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far from Pigeon
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Forge said to Take Me Out to the Ball
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Game it says take me out to the
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mountains man it's actually a pretty
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full Stadium probably a
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sellout all the way up there so quick
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your hands
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my all right I'm not going to be
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entertained by the Rays I'll be
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entertained by the Home Depot paintbrush
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hammer and oh they even have the Home
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Depot tub right here and a drill bit
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drill coming in oh wow W him down like a
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it's like a wrestling match going on out
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there in left
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field what's do he's bypassing pain Rush
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series on third two outs two strikes
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though in the seventh still down by
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six 7 to one Braves are
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winning there it is make it respectable
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anyone 7 to
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two double by PA
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yeah yeah have no fear our catcher Alex
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Jackson is
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up look at that batting
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average I don't know what's going on but
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yeah that's a that's not the best
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batting average it's now the seventh
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inning stretch 7 to2 Braves over the
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race another error for the freaking race
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got to be kutting
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not playing very
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well Kevin cash there on the
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end and Rita's thoughts is probably
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thinking what went
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wrong all right Siri just scored makes
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it interesting 7 to three gr of there's
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two outs on the top of the night so
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might not end well but to make it
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respect and with two outs the race
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catcher Alex
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Jackson with a batting average of
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75 now he did hit a grand slam the other
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day that's the only hit he's like hit in
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the last 50
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adats come on Alex you got
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wild
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pitch over to
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Second the Braves fans are on their feet
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Andor leaving to beat
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traffic all right the Braves have
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brought in another reliever now yandi is
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up with the guy on first and second for
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the race I'm wearing Yi's
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shirt dang it oh oh you got to be
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kidding me
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well that was a complete hunk of dog
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dung performance by the race the after
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the third inning they did really well
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but they could not catch up with the
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just destruction from the first and
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second inning latel who us is really
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good on the mount as a starter just did
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not perform and that's really where
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that's where the Braves got most their
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their runs all right heading out now
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heading out they're watching a some
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fireworks over there too cut out and I
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guess like right right afterwards there
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bled some fireworks over
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there pretty
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cool definitely really
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discouraged and how poorly the Rays have
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been doing this
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year I'm not going to say oh you can't
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win them all because they really haven't
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been wi games they should have been
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winning I that would have definitely
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have been a a pretty close game neck and
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neck if it wasn't for
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the travesty in the first and second
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that's been just a lot of games
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and it's no longer can't say it's early
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anymore because it's definitely not
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early in the season but either way I did
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knock off my 22nd stadium that I have
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been to out of the 30 current stadiums
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while rooting for the race pretty dang
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cool with the fireworks though and the
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flag
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ceremony might be the grand finale was
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incredible Che was Park knock knock
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another one off my list my Ray stadium
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list 22 freaking stadiums I got eight to
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go before I accomplish my goal of all 30
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current stadiums hoping to have it done
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by the end of this year thanks for
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watching I'll see you in the next video
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I still love you R tonight was not your
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night the Vlog is
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over holy C
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that's the Grand
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heck all right that was a freaking Grand
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Finale if ever there was one well done
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well done