My Target Field VIP Tour Experience & On Field Batting Practice Access - Mascot Fun & Stadium Food
Target Field Tour June 2024
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here as
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the recording of this Wednesday June
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19th
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2024 I am in Minneapolis Minnesota
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wearing an appropriate t-shirt I got my
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Tropicana Field shirt Tampa Bay Ray cap
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on this morning I left early from where
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I was staying down in Iowa drove about 4
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to 5 hours have just checked into my
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hotel which is that way about a mile or
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so half half mile 3/4 of a mile and I am
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making my way to what is going to be my
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23rd yes
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23 current baseball
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stadiums after first pitch which is at
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640 23 stadiums will be knocked off the
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list that I have seen and rooted for the
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Tampa Bay Rays while they played at them
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trying to do all 30 current stadiums
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it's taken me this will be the third
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complete year I'm hoping to have it done
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by the end of this year it's been quite
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a challenge and a lot of fun I'm doing a
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330 tour which is starting very shortly
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and then also a 640 first pitch this is
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a VIP tour I think it was about $90
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usually Stadium tours are about 20 $25
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but I opted to get the VIP cuz I'm
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hoping might be able to get on the field
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for batting practice and see some things
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I don't normally see it's Target Field
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time I'm inviting you to join me for my
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23rd Stadium while rooting for the Rays
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shall you oh yeah I am definitely in
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twins territory and I'm not talking
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about the Arnold and Danny DeVito
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film talking about the baseball team
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never been here never been to this
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Stadium I'm excited very impressive and
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sleep-like design over here Target
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Field you know a lot of stadiums now are
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named after their sponsors Tropicana
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Field also included in that got a couple
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sculptures over here got the bear here
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with its
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bat dang this is a cool looking stadium
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look at this thing now they played a
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game last night this is the second game
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of a three game series I was not able to
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make it by last night this will be the
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only game of the three- game series I'm
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going to be
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attending last night the twins walked it
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off in the bottom of the night was not
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enjoyable to watch but that's just kind
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of how the ray season is going they're
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not doing well but I'm still having fun
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rooting for them and they're still a
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little it's it's not quite the halfway
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point of the Season things could the
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tide could turn I'm hoping but as for
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now they're not doing great I don't know
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if Bullseye is in the hall of fame or
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not but he's got a sculpture here too
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it's the field is named after
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his this company the mascot for more
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notable name that should be in front of
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a baseball stadium is obviously Rod Karu
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right
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here got Tom Kelly here underneath a
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little walkway bridge then over here
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let's take a look and see who this is
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traffic going
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underneath Harman
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kbu and Mr Pucket right here Kirby
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Pucket look at this quote jump on board
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boys I'm going to carry us tonight
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talking about the game six of the 91
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World Series don't even worry about it
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just back me up a little and I'll take
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us to game seven that's some serious
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confidence right there dedicated in
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April of 2010 I guess that's when it was
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built or at least when it was dedicated
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I mean it does look like a newer Stadium
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but yeah not that
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old this get down on the field but
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there's also a coupon
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here all right got
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it that's pretty cool it's made out of
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bats
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it's 110 that way it's pretty close that
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coming this way too can't spend too much
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time in here because the game it's press
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is already starting to arrive so kind of
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rush through this section but the good
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thing is we're going to get to witness
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some Patty practice
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this is twins TV this is Tampa tvbe
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station oh
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yeah where was to
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here it's kind of neat our guy was one
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of the ones hold flag for the allstar
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game years
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ago when they actually wear
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own there's lots of limestone around the
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the wall Park comes from man Minnesota
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about 90 miles from here there's some on
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the Outfield walls there's some
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outside all opening day downtown here
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all right thank you on your bill is
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going to be a stadium tax here um The
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Stadium cost 545
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million um the stadium tax which the tax
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turned out to be just Han County not
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what the rest of this is where we get to
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Park and when the Champions Club people
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come here in another hour or so they get
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valet parking they get parked out here
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here's the thing look where that car is
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coming in right now just this side of it
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there's some sand out there and some
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grass you see it I'll be on those braid
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boxes where have we seen sand and
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grass that's a Target Field Sod Farm
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where say exit there that's the twins
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from that parking lot outside club right
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here at the top of the railing right
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inside that
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ex it's cold in
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here
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K good my way picture where I am
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each one of these rooms is named after a
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different Lake
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because a lot of lakes around
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here so this is a double sweep they not
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out
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here man this is freaking nice I think
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we're going to head down now and watch
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the Rays do a little batting
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PA check out ray gun right there
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as far as batting practice goes worked
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out really really well got to see them
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doing a little
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infield practice got to see quite a few
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players that I really recognized taking
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a little pepper out on the I guess they
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call it pepper I don't know what I
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played years ago they call we're going
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to play a little pepper in the out in
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the infield and the diamond the hitting
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coach third base coach with is hitting
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out to some of the players turning some
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double plays getting some ground balls
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things like that and then after that
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Kevin cash manager of the Rays every
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time I've ever seen any BP for the Rays
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he's always nine times out of 10 he's
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out there throwing BP and this was no
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exception as well so he was throwing BP
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and a couple players who are bit B
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batting under 200 aren't doing too well
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Johnny Duca who I think we got from the
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Dodgers at the beginning of the Season
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also Randy rosarina usually is pretty
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hot in the last couple Seasons this year
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not quite so great when it comes to
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batting average I think he's batting
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like 170 180 he's batting under 200 so
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both those guys were getting a little BP
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so I got to get up close and personal
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with them as they're getting a little
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batting practice which was pretty nice
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Also Manny Margo who played on the Rays
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and usually he play in in right field or
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left field they put him in kind of
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wherever for pinch hitter he got traded
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to the Minnesota Twins and I got to see
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him walking across and talking with some
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of his former teammates as well which is
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pretty nice and I also ended up getting
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a photo with Richie palasio who I
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believe today is playing second base
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Ricky palasio I got to ended up getting
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a photo with him as well and I was
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allowed to stay inside but I ended up
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just you know have a little time so I
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didn't decide to walk outside and see
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the crowd that's heading in stretch my
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legs a little bit first pitch is not for
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a little while so decided to to walk
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outside but pretty good
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experience watching a little little BP
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it was a pretty good tour honestly I've
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done tours that were $15 $20 that got
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more access to the Press boxes and
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things like that and walk to walk
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through some of the tunnels but really
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didn't do a lot of that really the only
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major perk I would say of paying the $90
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I think it was $95 under $100 $390 $100
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was definitely the on field getting the
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the batting practice which I think was
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worth it but if you're not into that I
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don't know if it'd be worth doing the
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tour I think a standard tour you
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probably would have seen the Z F just my
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opinion there's my photo with Richie
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there I just realize when I get photos
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of people how much of a giant I am I'm
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also standing like a foot in front of
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them but still yeah I'm 6' 3 I'm taller
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than a percentage of people got a prince
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mural over
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here course what do you think of
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Minneapolis you think of
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Prince right down here on the end not
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far from the stadium this is the venue I
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believe
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where fil Purple Rain lots of other
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musical acts have played here too
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hundreds rancid War pavement modest mou
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Modest Mouse Tesla against me even corn
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Aerosmith down here on the end is a
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prince star
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also this is right next to the stadium I
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mean just right next to it
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peas
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descendants Nirvana even played
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here of
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course the man himself I love this just
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like Hollywood Boulevard they also have
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a pantage
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theater doubtful that this one is owned
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by Disney like the Pand just on
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Hollywood
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Boulevard cor to Hollywood and
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Island yeah I love the neon this is like
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the Theater District through here you
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got the Skyway over
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there old Marquee I just wanted to see
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what was around the general area you
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know just within a block or two of the
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state two blocks or two from the stadium
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itself found the Mary Tyler Moore
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sculpture here throwing a hat in the air
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as
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well that's some neat stuff just right
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around downtown and I'm going to start
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making my way back over towards the
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Stadium go ahead and head in I'm sure
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the line has dissipated a little bit
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and wait for first pitch hopefully the
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Rays
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can take game two of this three- game
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series they lost last night as I stated
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but nice that they tied it up I've been
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going to lot of games recently home and
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away they haven't been winning most of
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the ones I've been going to which is
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kind of disappointing but change it up
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so Candy Land has been here since
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1932 this candy store that has fresh
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popcorn and Candy has been around since
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19 freaking 32 that's pretty cool to see
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a candy shop has been around for that
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for that long got myself a little water
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here get hydrated and they had big leak
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chew so I ended up getting some big leak
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chew I wanted to get a pack of gum and I
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figured why not I'm going into the game
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might as well get a little Big League
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Chew here Hall of Fame of bubble gum
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here I Haven met big Le Chew in a long
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time look at the logo there number 56
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that's ry's nice Rosa's number but also
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Big League shoes on the helmet maybe
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this company started in 56 probably why
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it's number 5'6 I think Randy's number
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is
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56 pretty sure like a wall of Ivy right
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here leading back to the stadium also
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Big League Chew no
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joke a lot of good flavor in that been a
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while since I chewed on some Big League
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Chew I chewed in the big leagues guess I
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didn't need to say chew twice
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this is interesting Ben WV the catcher
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for the Rays his first year as a ray was
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originally drafted by the twins in
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2016 and he just got himself a base
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hit that's up a little
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double gold Ben boom all right textbook
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ESO Paredes full hitter crushed one to
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the left field is now one to nothing
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Rays I can't see him he just to the I
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can't see B John Cena guy where he does
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the I can't
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see all right for the seats I'm at are
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on the third Bas line on the tour they
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showed me the first Bas line the first
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base little snack bar area but since I'm
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on the third Baseline this is the first
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bace little snack Bara and all it's
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actually underground so this is like
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part of a separate area based on the SE
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that I got behind The Dugout and they're
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all Third Base players for the twins all
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along the walls most of the options they
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had were pretty basic they I think I'm
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going see if I can find some helmet
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nachos somewhere but I didn't want to
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walk in here they also have restaurant
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all right I found the helmet nachos over
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here at the Toto Stadium nachos
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stand bunch of different options get the
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walking taco nacho Grande regular nachos
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or the nacho Grande helmet all right
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they asked if I wanted everything on and
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I said yeah pile it on little sour cream
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some jalapenos there even some cheese a
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little meat and served in a
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souvenir souvenir
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helmet trying to watch the game but this
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guy down in
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front here we
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go that bear has unusually small paws
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never seen a bear with such small
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hands how does he do such wonderful
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stunts with such small
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feet he has human hands but he's a
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bear he batting gloves too human hands
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with batting
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gloves oh he just picked a booger and
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threw it in the
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cow that is one nasty bear with human
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hands why doesn't he have Bear
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Hands they a weird
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mascot no one has any right to say that
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DJ Kitty is bizarre that is a bizar
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beay now he's twerking in front of me
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it's just like a whole weird vibe here
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I'm not sure why but Richard colosio who
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I met earlier I was the photo he was
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smiling so happy in the photo during
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batting practice but the one up here on
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the screen he looks very
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sad let's go Richard turn that frown
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upside down let's
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go oh nightmare fuel small hand oh he's
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TW twerking over there
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again small hands bear I don't even know
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the bear's name if he even has
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one never seen a bear without BS oh now
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he's climbing up on that
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Dugout now he's like he's staring the up
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down sure the up get up do not look over
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do not look over at those weird hands
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now he's having trouble getting up now
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he's going to try to get clapping we to
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clap with those tiny hands nobody can
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hear you there's not enough skin on
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those
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hands now he's twerking
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again see
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what oh he's s all he's trying to get
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the trying to get the the world quietest
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clap going
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up and that dropped
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him thanks for the help small hands
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bear even everyone's sitting on the
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first base high is completely confused
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on what is going on with this
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hand is he texting someone
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oh no he's actually eating some food
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that he took from someone in the first
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row oh no he just bed something to that
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girl oh he's now feeding
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people he's saying something
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up that lady in the first row there he
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didn't come over and feed me now he's
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going to twerk on
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her twerk no just holding his
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belly always called TC TC on the back of
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his
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jersey twerking Cloud twerking oh Twin
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Cities
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twerking claws doesn't have claws he's
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taking somebody else's food again he
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eating right there on top of the dug
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out he's going back to just
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snacking just snack it over there like a
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bucket or something look at this not
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even trying to Hype the crap not even
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doing his job just
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eating just taking people's
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food it's supposed to be hyping up the
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crowd but no he's like no he's just he's
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even heard me say that he just shook his
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head no he's like no I'm not going to
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hide the crowd what I let's
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go yeah let's see what the bear says oh
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even he wasn't even watching though he
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was eating his chicken nuggets you
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didn't even see the play there all right
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now he's just gone to like the rigger
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mortise
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position just laying
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there just laying there looking a nap
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look at him he's just like L man he's
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not even watching the game oh now he's
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okay now what's he
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doing oh that was Nightmare stared right
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at
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me picked his nose flicked it on someone
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again what
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the do you like this little meon sign
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out there though both of the guys Twin
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City shaking hands across the river
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yeah if you notice Bullseye tail up
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there the Target
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Center his tail is wagging neon tail is
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that dang it bases were loaded too
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little better now
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only
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back the bear is back
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yard I don't want to make eye contact
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with the
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bear got a
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big oh all right evidently lighting up
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the phone now lighting up the phone's
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going to happen right
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now oh it must it must be bringing in
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their
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closer there bringing in their closer in
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the eight to
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ran there
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is right up the pH good things in the
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universe now Randy got hit by a pitch
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guy on first and second no out so look
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who's up Richie
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colosio oh he oh he went off the
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bag I think that over Slide by Siri
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could have cost the raise the game come
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the race Tak the lead holy
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cow the most
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anticlimactic run all right it's down to
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this Carlos kareah two
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outs oh you got it be kidding me
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nope a the Rays win the ray win finally
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it's been a while since I've been to a
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raise game that they won good job boys
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and immediately afterwards there was a
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drone show actually seen quite a few
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drone shows lately I saw one at the
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Tampa Bay Ray City connect watch party
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down the St Pete Pier obviously you
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cannot do a drone show inside Tropicana
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Field because it's a complete dome but
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ended up seeing that which was really
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really awesome and then shortly after
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that like a couple weeks after that or
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maybe like a month after that I ended up
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seeing the new drone show at Disney
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Springs what they're doing for the for
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the the Disney Springs drone show over
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the the Lagoon there where the
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characters in Flight balloon all that
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kind of launches that was pretty awesome
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and this one I would say is kind of on
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par as well but obviously themed around
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Minnesota and the City of Minneapolis
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and the Twin Cities and of course the
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baseball team the twins which
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surprisingly I think the the Siri ER
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about the Siri stolen base of third that
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he ended up getting getting called out
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and uh over overshooting the base I
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thought was going to cost the raise of
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the game and I was wrong CU immediately
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after that the twins created an error
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throwing it from third to first which
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caused a raise run and they ended up
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closing it out Phil maton came on the
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mound close it out in the bottom of the
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ninth and the Rays Rays end up wi
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winning the game so baseball's a weird
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sport baseball's definitely weird you
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never know how things are going to end
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it's a motorized bike thanks for
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watching I'll see you the next video the
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