I Grew A Mustache For Opening Day Of Baseball- My Return To Tropicana Field & Stadium Food Cheat Day
Baseball Opening Day 2024
Transcript
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today's adventure begins by fueling up
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self pumping gas nozzle price of gas
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here in Celebration Florida 367 a gallon
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I am heading I'm going to make the
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commute
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celebration to St Petersburg
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Florida it's a historic occasion and
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what better way to kick it off by
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pouring myself a piping hot caffeinated
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beverage from 7el fuel it
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up little coffee fuel as well welcome
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everyone Adam the woo here as the
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recording of this Thursday March 28th
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2024 do not be fooled I am not in
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Disguise this is the real thing I have
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shaved into a
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fullon
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mustache to kick off and I'm probably
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going to keep it for a while I don't
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know how long
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but it's here today and probably will be
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for a little while trying something new
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I had a a mustache a month ago for one
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day but this one's going to last most
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likely a little longer today is the
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opening day of baseball and I figured
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what better way to signify the kickoff
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of the ml
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MLB
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season by a sweet
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stash getting ready to take the 80 86
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mile commute give or take over to
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Tropicana Field where the Rays the team
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I root for are going up against the
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Toronto Blue Jays I'm inviting you to
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join me oh
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yeah
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backside of
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7-Eleven let's get going shall you I4
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westbound not looking terrible yet but
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that could get
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worse also
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noticed it's raining
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cloudy overcast rating at the moment
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will not affect the start of the game
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however because the Rays play in a dome
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which I'm thankful for while I will say
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the trop Tropicana field has its issues
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definitely not without its problems the
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fact that the game will happen it will
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not be postponed I am grateful for it is
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now 1:00 pulling in to the parking lot
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here at Tropic Canfield first pitches a
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little after 4th think
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405 also picked up a buddy on the way yo
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you want to give a little hint on who
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you are well my name rhymes with Tampa J
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no that is my name Tampa J that's me
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it's baseball time and is already a
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pretty good crowd over here a few people
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kind of tailgating and whatnot an hour
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till the gates open I think they're
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opening 120 minutes before the game
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starts something that Matt Penfield if
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he was here would we be proud of since
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we got plenty of time I think maybe we
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should go over to fergs till the crowd
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starts to accumulate go over to fergs
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which is the the bar area over that way
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where everyone
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accumulates I should probably show you
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in the video Tampa J right here over
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there yeah show the dire party at FS
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party time that's like our if we had one
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that's like our it's like the but like
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like wrigglyville like wyville it's like
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our wrigglyville it's not really it's a
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little one yeah it's a little little one
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it was raining when I left celebration
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it's not raining here yet but no matter
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what happens with the weather there will
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be no rain delay because this is Dome
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Sweet Dome see my shirt yeah we're here
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to stay that's true because new stadium
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they're going to stay in St Pete even
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though they're going to build a new
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stadium which I'm curious where that's
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going to be is it going to be in the
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parking lot here I kind of examined the
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uh the photo yeah they're going to build
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it like right out there okay and there's
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going to be more than just the stadium
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there's going to be like an aan
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experience area there's going to be
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hotels it's going to be a whole thing so
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this right here is going to be bulldoze
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and I think 2027 about six more seasons
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no 2027 oh wow we got like four season
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yeah yeah and then 2028 I believe will
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be the new field will it be Tropicana
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Field I don't know that's a good
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question they haven't said what they're
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going to call it yeah this is basically
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the main little part the pre-party area
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before the doors open over at Tropicana
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Field over at fergs it's right across
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the street it seems like they've added a
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little bit more this year a little more
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area this year than they had in former
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years add is some things I never seen
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the last couple of years it's also
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really nice at the last few years this
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is the third year in a row that I've
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showed up at fergs and for opening day
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and it's kind of nice that the opening
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day is also the home opener for the
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Tampa Bay Rays at least the last three
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years has been where a lot of teams do
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not have that happening some some that
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wait for a home opener sometimes is a 5
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6 7 8 days after the start of the season
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so that thing is one thing is nice about
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about today it's going to be the home
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opener is also the official opening day
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as well so you're kind of getting two
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experiences in one yeah this whole area
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really just lots of construction soon
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there'll be a construction update on the
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new stadium I imagine they're probably
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going to start building in a couple
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years they have to all going to be right
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there over there yeah you'll be a see it
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from this this view I kind of mentioned
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relief picture look with this but Donnie
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baseball himself Don maddle is going to
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be at the game today because he's now a
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bench
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coach JS for the Jays Toronto Blue Jay
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so I get to see Don mad one of the the
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best first baseman of all time I wonder
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if he'll like my stash is that why you
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grew it no I know I didn't even think
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about it until the drive over I was just
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kind of going for the the 1980s relief
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picture look I love it yeah but m is
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going to be here so that's kind of
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that's kind of a fun picture Legend yeah
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oh man sweet classic truck alert
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yeah I would also Imagine might see a
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familiar face of Kev Kevin kerm former
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Ray who is now playing Centerfield if
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he's not on the ilil for the Blue Jays
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oh yeah look at this line right here of
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course the blue the Blue Jays fol kind
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of blend in too cuz both colors are the
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blue but nonetheless nice to see a
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little bit little bit of a crowd here
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Tropicana pretty pretty good to see it
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yeah I love you got the Pete Fairbank
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shirt on right there very nice peter
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angry Peter all right look at the
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starting lineups in fact Kier Meer
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former Ray now for the Blue Jays is in
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center field also I believe Craig beio
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son is now playing Craig be a former
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Astro from back in the day when he used
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to work for the spring training Astros
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many many many many years ago in CMI
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Florida when they used to Spring train
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there but more importantly let's go into
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the starting lineup of the Rays yandi
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Diaz Brandon Lao Randy Rosara Herold
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Ramirez is in Isa Paredes colos which I
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think is a new guy Jose Siri our Center
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Fielder cavaliero and Renee Pinto behind
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the plate playing catcher good good good
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solid lineup and it looks as if they
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opened up the gates a little earlier
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instead of 2 hours before they did it
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like 2 hours and 10 minutes before it's
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157 now the line has already started to
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go in going to be heading in momentarily
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just waiting for the third person to
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show up for a little group for opening
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day all right I stand corrected the
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doors are not open yet they just let
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everyone go through the little
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checkpoints to get a a little ahead of
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the game if you will to get
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in at 20:5 and I'm noticing up here so
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we got effin who's starting today we got
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Randy over here we got yandi look who's
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over in the corner Fairbanks made the
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four he's on yeah he's up on the wall
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well pey yeah take a look right over
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there right over there in the corner
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he's staring right at me oh look who's
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here he's awesome Hey DJ Kitty dude it's
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been a while long time oh thanks for the
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hug yeah give Adam a hug too DJ Kitty
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what do you think of my stash I grew
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this just for today right there yeah you
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want me to you want me to go full on
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like the full on curly curly style as
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the season goes on all right I can do
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that for you get a little uh there we go
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look at this I'm still getting used to
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it but yeah I guess that that kind
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of that kind of clenches it I have to I
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have to keep it going DJ kitty wants me
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to have the little the little twisty
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curly curly queue going on there as time
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goes
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on it could work right like the yeah the
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fingers or the the Tim tracker remember
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when you used to have that true see what
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happens I think that'd be a great look
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for you I'll take DJ Kitty's opinion
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into consideration yeah that
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cat he knows a thing too about whiskers
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sure does all right the third person of
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our party has arrived Chris from
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Adventures it's good to be back at the
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right could to be amongst the faithful
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yes I was telling Jay that all the last
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3 or 4 months I've only seen maybe half
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a dozen people wearing raised gear and
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now it's overload once again it should
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be opening day should be look at that
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look at look who's up there we got we
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got we got crazy eyed Crazy Eyes crazy
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eyed Pete up there the new stadium
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that's what it's going to look like huh
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here to stay to stay be right out here
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all right just in case before they sell
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out sometimes a lot of the opening day
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stuff is gone pretty quickly went ahead
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and went to the Bay Republic the team
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store got the opening day t-shirt right
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here I don't remember seeing these last
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year there's a shirt a company called
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onward reserve and has Tropicana Field
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this is on the back the front just kind
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of has the little beay there onward
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Reserve Bay I guess that's what that is
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there's also Tropicana Field hats also
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which I don't recall seeing those last
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year they did have the shirts but this
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year they got the hats again I could
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have forgotten them from last year but I
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don't remember seeing them I think these
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are new what is this it's got actual
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stitching on it not like you know the
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decal one that looks like stitching
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yeah some new merch I don't remember
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seeing those EI that's the that's the 10
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season hat right
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there this is this is interesting too I
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haven't seen this one from last year
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wonder if there's anything around the
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back on
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this yeah there we go for $25 you can
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purchase one of the cowbells here it
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starts to get rowy you got a fever for
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some
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cowbell fans welcome back how are y'all
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feel
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out all right it's official I am back in
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here the blue JZ are taking a little BP
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right now you got the race tank over
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there it is certainly good to be back
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Dome
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sweep whoa ooh oh the shatter that
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bounced off the we got a little little
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souvenir that was a that was a that was
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he crushed it barel little that one got
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a little painting uh painting here of
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Roberto
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Clemente right here as well it's for
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Pirates clti and the race as well this
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is a new piece of art that was not here
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last year I also do not remember they
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had the little Library there take a book
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leave a book right here there a
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community library in here inside here as
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well right over the the raised burst
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also got some merchandise that I will
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show throughout the the course of the
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the course of the day we got an auction
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going on over here $249 donation price
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for Randy also Kevin km who be at center
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field today for the Blue Jays for9 and
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the ray center field Jose Siri here
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pictured with the ball there on his
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forarm now yandi made the statement that
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he wants to play 162 games this year
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we'll see how that goes we got Jackie
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Robinson right here as well number 42
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let find the pr first the first and
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third base line there's also a new era
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rais Team Store got an assortment of
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hats I'm sure throughout the course of
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the season I will probably get more
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hats ibly won't get one
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today but I did get opening day shirt Al
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got Raymond on this side and you got the
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one and only DJ Kitty on this side of it
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got a collectible bag too got the
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grounds crew out there getting
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everything ready for the first pitch
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which is going to start in an hour and 4
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minutes according to the clock all right
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they even have the uh opening day let's
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play ball right here nice yeah
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definitely is a interesting feeling to
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be back in here be inside the Dome
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Tropicana feel for the next few years I
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almost forgot how narrow these walkways
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are that have also Eric neander the GM
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up there is doing a little pregame with
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the TV crew announcing crew up top there
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I got the opening Day banners right
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there as well looking over definitely a
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definitely a good good crowd here out in
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center field not sure what I want to do
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foodwise today but there are a lot of
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options one of these days I do want to
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try the raay up roll over here today not
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the day home of the raise up
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roll this look pretty good too I got a
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whole bat of these ready to
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go I got the OG
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Bowl also have mommy Jay got the
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Hawaiian dog there's actually not a is
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there actually hot dog in that I don't
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think so okay I don't think there's
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anything but just like aoli SES SE
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sounds
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good starting off some healthy options
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before the game we'll see how the rest
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of the game and the rest of the season
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goes Jay that does have a dog in there
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dog on it it does hey I'm not
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complaining it looks good yeah it looks
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great Hawaiian dog now that's a that's a
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Hawaiian dog right there Hawaiian salsa
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chili aoli sesame seeds
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and that's mine I
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think that's all yours yeah am I
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supposed to reach up and get it or here
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I can help I can't reach that far
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sorry thank you oh thank you I didn't
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know if I wasow to reach over love your
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videos thank you man thank you do you
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have soy sauce yeah oh it's right there
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is that soy this one that that's the
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Pokey classic so it's soy based but it
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has a little chili oil awesome thank you
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so much thanks man probably not going to
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get back over to Center field once the
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game starts we got a pretty decent seat
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three three or four rows two or three
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rows behind the opposing teams Dugout so
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we're going to be on the third base side
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over there so if I get anything else
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it's going to be over on that side
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definitely don't want to spend my time
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walking around and waiting in line for
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food so starting off with this here got
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a little smart water action to make me a
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little more intelligent and I'm going to
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go in on a little poke Bowl after I
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drench it in a little soy sauce is it
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good is it good got a little something
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so the last time I had anything Sushi es
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like this was a pet Co Mark in San Diego
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Chris provos watching the Rays
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against yeah you guys went double down
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on the dog cheers let's get some cheers
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there still getting used to the stash
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but yeah there we go love it cheers what
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are both your guys consensus on your uh
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on your Hawaiian dogs there it's one of
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the better hot dogs I've had in tropic
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okay the verdict is in what do you think
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Chris really good good snap for the dog
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never had this a I'm sorry salsa really
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good all right all the players are now
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lined up down the first base line this
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is all the coaching staff
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players everyone organization that's not
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warming up efin is warming up over here
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he's going to be the starting pitcher
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former Philly who is going to be playing
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today and everyone else is lined up here
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next to the onfield bullpen that's
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connected down the first base line try
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to make we're actually sitting couple
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rows behind Toronto Blue Jays Dugout
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we're going to make our way over here we
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go just going down the
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line see Raymond all the way out there
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and left and Raymond looking super
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Dapper over
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there3 there's Don madley right there
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right there is joh madley with the white
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beard ah
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blatty there JK in where's
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KK oh
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yeah they got some good guys on their
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K LOVE KK in that is so cool that is
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freaking Don madingley right there to
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collect all his baseball
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R all right it's time to unveil the
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participation trophy in Banner form from
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last year next to the 22 Wild Card
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Banner it's going to be the 2000 here we
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go got ready to
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drop here
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goes getting a chant for the first pitch
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Here season
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begins strike
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one 2024 season is off to a good start
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also cool to see
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vlat sh here
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too
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oh yandi with the
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go right off the B first
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batter now I don't say I called
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that just you
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called you like being able to look in
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the raised Dugout from this perspective
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not oh rang
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Ramirez Jason Adam just coming in in the
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second inning he's usually the seventh
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or eighth guy
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Fair Banks be in the closer of the
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the Yi up to the plate again batting
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order has batted
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around
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kle dropping in dropping
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in look at that Yi two for two
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already oh come
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on got the run
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down good job yand and you can do
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it bring
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now at top of the fifth going to make a
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run for our second
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Chow of the day over here is a third
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base Food Hall second and last Chow run
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of the day all right the line over at
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the third base section was way too
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intense on everything so we going to opt
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I'm going to get a fresh and tasty hot
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dog I guess I'm going to do a
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dog how long were those how long were
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those lines they were longer than the
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hot dog it was like probably an hour wa
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if I had to get right so we walked over
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here
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yeah going to grab a dog these are good
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dog and and the water
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here we go let's try
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this foot
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long now the bases are
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loaded two outs have first second third
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their catcher
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up okay now a guy on second and first
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two
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outs top of the
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six
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okay let it drw
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a oh yeah let's go let's go let's go
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let's
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go
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yandi with the double and the
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riy let's go
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Randy man everyone wanted it
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a
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a Harold's
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W pretty much starting off exactly the
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opposite of last year yeah the
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opposite but hey you never know could be
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a good luck thing to be to lose the
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first
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game inning stretch time razor down
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eight- two not good oh he's trying to
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move over and grab a seat yeah he's
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going to grab that seat right there he's
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just going to watch the rest of the game
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it is
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outs I can tell what Kevin cash there on
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the end is thinking he's thinking this
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is not how I wanted game one to
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happen just you see not look he just put
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his head down like he's like oh Lord
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look his head is straight down at the
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floor is
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shoes he doesn't even want to look
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up okay now he's looking
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up there's kind of a wave
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going there's more excitement in the
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stands than there is on the
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field I think I saw a
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let
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is SE seated
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I'm we go
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ready it worked got out of the there is
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one positive about this game yandi is
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three for three so far
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you got to be kidding me you got to be
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kidding me oh thought he was going to
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hit another one good job y three out of
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Bo bashet with that haircut he looks
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like who was the one tennis player back
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in the day not s but the same era as
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Pete SAS had the
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hairstyle but he's the famous I'm going
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to start I'm going to start calling him
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Andre Agy not bash shot
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Andre he does I don't think he responds
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to that one
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left backwards like this like a yeah I
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didn't know
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any
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switch that'll
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strike an anticlimactic opening day
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opening day a very anticlimactic opening
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day yeah the Blue Jays looking really
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good Rays all I can say about the Rays
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is yandi was on fire and that was about
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it now there is a saying you can't win
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them all well can't win the didn't win
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the first one so this year will not to
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be a repeat of last year where the Rays
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went 13 and0 in their first 13 games
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game started off good def the first
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three or four Innings had no hits and
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then it kind of went off the rail there
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is 162 games in the season so there's
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still 161 to go it's a long season and
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most teams lose half the games they win
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but solo bummer and going to head out
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now game one in the books oh I got to
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show this when I get to my to my car
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here the the swag I got I did get an
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opening day piece of merchandise to
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commemorate this okay good times good
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times good times so we're on an
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escalator together esal out watch out
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careful
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careful thank you
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race fans till next time Tropicana Field
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till next time I don't know when the
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next time I will be here I am going to
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be hitting 12 away stadiums this year
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while the rays are playing I don't know
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how many games I'm going be going to at
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Tropic Can field but I will go to a few
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not a overload
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but I am doing a lot of road trips and
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travels I have 12 stadiums to go before
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I've done all 30 MLB current MLB
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stadiums while the rays are playing at
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them I've already done 18 over the last
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couple years I have 12 to go and there
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are horses out front look at this
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there's like
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horses in front here the officers are on
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the horses it's pretty neat I've never
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seen the horses out here before hes you
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ever seen horses out here before no it's
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first time either way it's a good time
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cannot
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beat a nice inside 72 also it's nice and
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nice outside right now but no no sunburn
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no heat stroke no rain
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delays and you can't beat opening day I
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had a delicious sausage and I had a
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delicious bowl of Pokey and I had two
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waters right that's what I had that's
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what you had yeah thanks so and and Don
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madingley looked at me all right but
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that's going to do it for today from
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myself and Chris from aimless Adventures
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Vlog check out his channel for Tampa J
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check out the Tampa J channel thanks man
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and the season is Young my friends and
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Don
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mle call
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your we're not related at all are Rel
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you know what those good hanging out
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with you guys even though the raay lost
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in rare horrible form
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yeah we shared a moment it was fun man
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did always fun coule moments have been
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shared thanks for watching guys yeah
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I'll see you guys in the next video the
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Vlog is
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over oh yeah I forgot to show what I
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ended up this is bonus footage I got the
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uh woo so I ended up getting the opening
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day ticket which is $2 right here this
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is uh has for for posterity documented I
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got one of these last year as well but I
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also have not ever purchased an opening
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day t-shirt it just says American League
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it doesn't have who they're playing even
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though they were playing someone from
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the American League and the the Blue
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Jays you got the Tampa Bay logo there
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you got the ball busting out of home
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plate and then straight up towards the
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top of the trop opening day 2024 this is
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a really cool shirt I'm really glad I
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purchased this this was the giveaway for
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the day which is a 2024 schedule magnet
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again I will be going to 12 away
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stadiums I have not been to yet I also
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got some Chopsticks from my Pokey that I
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did not utilize I ended up using the
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fork cuz we consumed it pretty quickly I
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got that as a souvenir also a Sharpie
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that has the ray logo on it and an
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opening day pin right here which I'm
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pretty happy about as well and of course
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the DJ Kitty on the side and Raymond on
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the other side of the bag but I really
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like really like this t-shirt I'm really
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glad I got this so anyway bonus footage
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completed