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#40 - Sweat, Sweet Seats and Soccer: A Scorching Day at Coors Field · Life According to Brian and Jason

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All right, friends, welcome to another episode of Life According
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to Brian and Jason. Hey, Jason, I'm sitting in your backyard,
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dude. Here we are, here we are. And I want to
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know your thoughts on Coors Field. We went to, uh,
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the game yesterday and it was awesome against the Reds. And I just
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want to know your thoughts on Coors Field looking back from time,
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because you've been there many times. Been there many times, but I haven't been
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there probably maybe 2 years, and it
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looks good as ever. I tell you what, they keep the church looking sweet.
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Yeah, manicured. It was hot. It was blistering hot, and the
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field still looked prime. I was very impressed.
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Kudos to those guys for just making it 100-plus degrees in
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Denver is no small chore of trying
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to keep grass alive. Right. But on top of that, we were trying
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to double dip. So in the course of this podcast, it was also World
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Cup. And yes, you know, we've been watching that, but you're coming in and
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I did not look ahead when you were coming in and say, when's the World
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Cup or when would it be? So of course the game was exactly at the
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same time, 1 o'clock, both games. Like, what? So what was
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our plan, Brian? What did we try to do? Well, our plan was, is,
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well, first of all, if you know Jason or you don't
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know Jason, uh, you up at the ballpark when it opens.
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So 1 o'clock game means the gates open at 11.
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Guess where we were standing at? 10:55 in the morning. 10:55. And we
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got there just right. Perfect. Yeah, so you get there
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hours ahead. And the other thing you have to know when
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you attend a game with Jason is wear good shoes because you are walking and
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standing. So we scoped out, we went upstairs
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up to the, uh, rooftop. Yep.
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And start— you started asking, you were savvy, you started asking people,
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where could we find the World Cup on a TV in Coors Field
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at a baseball game? Sure enough, hey, they're helpful people.
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I think Dave at the escalator seemed to know. And they were
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like, Dave, Dave, what's going on? Where,
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where would this be? What's going on? So he hooked us up, then we're just
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walking around, uh, checking out, reliving old haunts and stories,
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right? But you know what surprised me most, Brian, is we went to 2
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places that I really had not gone before in that park.
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How does that happen? How does that happen? The park's been there
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for what? Since what? '93?
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'93. '92. I mean, it was like crazy.
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So we're, we're going down, we're hanging out first. Well, first we're enjoying
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the party deck. It's really nice. Bonfert's. Love it. When they just,
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when they did it, like, I want to say 10, 15 years
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in, the park was still pretty fresh. And they got rid of a
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bunch of sections and put this party deck in. I know it's a big controversy
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at the time because they took out a lot of seats. Yep. And boy,
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was it— has it been a success. I, I think it's actually set somewhat
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of a trend in other stadiums that you have to have kind of this higher-up
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standing-only kind of pavilion where there's food,
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you know, of course booze, and— but it's party deck.
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Yeah, and it's great, and the views are spectacular. Oh my gosh. And that's where
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I come to one of my new places where we usually, my family, we go,
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we hang out there, we head toward home plate on that
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side of the party deck just because, you know, it's home plate. You're kind of
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looking at— well, me and you were meandering around and there was an area that
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was saved for a party and the party never showed up because maybe, I don't
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know, 99 degrees outside. Yeah, that was, it was a little hot on that end.
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So we walked on the farthest end toward the big
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board and toward— of course, field has, you know,
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every field has a little gimmick. This place has like a little waterfall,
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so you could see at the very edge that we were at, top part of
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the, um, party deck, you could see
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the screen really big. It looked cool. They have a huge Jumbotron,
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right? You can see the cityscape and you saw the fountain. Yeah, I love the
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mountains in the background. You have to get up that high now because the encroaching
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city skyline, but you get up to the party deck, you can see the Rocky
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Mountains. Fantastic. Yeah, that was a gem of a spot.
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Little did we know the World Cup screen would
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be inside the bar right there under a big fan and
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with the Rockies playing right underneath. So, but that's not
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how we started. We had some sweet seats. Yeah, we had some
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good seats down low thanks to a friend. Well, here's, here's the other dilemma
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in Coors Field. You get any seats that are in the sun.
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This is again a 1 o'clock afternoon game. This, uh, the sun
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exposure on those dark green seats, brutal.
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The ones that are out there, man, I mean, people were
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putting towels down. I've burned my legs on those seats before.
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People are wasting their $8 bottle of water trying to
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cool the seat down. Yeah, it's like, what?
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They're spending money just to throw it away just so they can sit in the
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seat because they're so hot. And, uh,
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but we were in the shade right at the edge of the sunlight.
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Someone knew where to go. Wow. Um, but no, the seats were nice.
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We stayed till like a 4th inning, and unfortunately for the Rockies, it was like
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8-1 at that point. The first 2 innings,
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the Reds just— oh wow— took us to the yard, man. I mean,
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it was just— it was fun watching home runs. It was the wrong team.
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Yeah, yeah. So we were hanging out and then we looked at each other and
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said, well, should we kind of go? Because I do like to do that with
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Brian. As I do think about this, I tend to stay in one place for
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the game, but when I'm with Brian, I'm like, let's walk around. Yeah, let's put
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the miles in. You know, we like to see where the, um,
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where the pitchers warm up, bullpen.
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And over the years they've changed that a little bit, but Coors Field is nice
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in that you can walk around and no one's saying, where, where's your seat?
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Where, where aren't you sitting down? Right. There's freedom in that stadium. Yeah. Yeah.
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All over the place. Little nooks and crannies. You can see everywhere. Yeah, you just
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walk around, right? And see different vantage points. I know. I found a
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mountain bike on the back of a Toyota display because Toyota likes to
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sponsor cars there. And I'm standing
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there for 10 minutes checking out the mountain bike, like breathing on it. I was
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that close. And I didn't have any security on me. So it's pretty
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nice. It was. It wasn't like, what are you doing, sir? Right.
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And then I also like swag. Do I need another hat? No.
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But I go, oh, Brian, look, here's the clearance area.
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And I walked away. I walked away. I was proud of you. You did
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not come home with another hat. But you were deep in that store because I
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was a clearance store. I mean, what, $10 off on most stuff? Why do
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I need another hat? I don't really need another hat, Brian. So I walked away.
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I'm traveling. So, you know, I tapped out early. I'm like, I don't need anything.
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But see, look at that. I thought you had it in your hand. You were
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like, I had 2 different kinds. And you know what also, listeners, I'm a size
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8, not easy to get. Right. And usually those
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are on the clearance because no one wants those, or there's very few
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of us. But it was a giant section over here. There was 2 size 8
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hats. I was like, what am I— is this— you know, anyway,
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I didn't do it. So we walked around. Your wife, Andy Woods,
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she's proud of you. Yeah, she did not come home with another hat.
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Walked away to get rid of later. Walked away. But we, yeah,
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we made our way up. Uh, we already scoped,
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did our homework. So we could check out the game if we wanted to.
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What'd you think of that experience, Brian? That part?
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Watching double duty kind of. Well,
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here's the dilemma all along. It's like, okay, I fly all
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the way in. Jason, I'm coming into Denver. Let's go to a Rockies game.
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But then because of this podcast, you got me following
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the World Cup, man. Come on. You put me
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in this double bind. And, uh,
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so I'm like, okay, we have to partake. I have to say though,
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those seats, 30 rows up from the field, nice.
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Hard to leave. It's hard to leave a nice seat, but it was a little
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stifling in there. It's so hot, there's no air movement,
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everyone's close. All of a sudden everyone has shade seats. How does that happen?
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Everyone's, everyone's going— everyone bought shade seats in that stadium. They all moved
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up. Yeah, so you know, you just got body heat. You know,
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so I didn't feel too bad leaving, what, 4th, 5th inning we took
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off. Yeah. And then we went on the other side of the field, back up
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to the 3rd deck, and still watching. Little side note
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though, we were trying to podcast and,
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uh, I didn't quite handle the app right, lost the recording.
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But who knows, it could have been junk, could have been— yeah, I don't know,
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we'll never know. But the point was we were trying to do a live kind
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of a live stream in the mix, you know, the vibe, the crowd cheering,
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and Here's what was funny is you're up on the deck and,
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uh, we're standing there and there's actually soccer fans watching.
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Not very many, but they're in— they're filling up the bars watching the
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screen. So that means your back is towards the main stadium, the main
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field. Hard. And you'd hear cheering and you'd look around like, who just scored?
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I didn't know which was it. Was it the soccer game
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or the Rockies? Yeah, yeah. No, they're like, what? Or is it the
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Reds fans? Because, right, the Reds fans. I think it was the Reds fans,
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unfortunately. Right. But they dug themselves back. They did.
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So that was great. You know, we were down, what, 9-1,
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and then a couple of home runs. Hunter Goodman had a great game, 3 dingers
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in one game. Wow. Yeah, All-Star. He had the trifecta going.
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Yeah. But that— I have to say, I would not want to do that
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experience every time. No. Hard to watch 2 sports at the
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same time. That's my takeaway. I think I
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agree with you. And some people go to the park for many reasons,
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obviously. You know, you buy a Rockpile ticket. Rockpile is real cheap.
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Sometimes they give you a voucher for a drink as well when you buy a—
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oh, no kidding. Yeah, sometimes they used to do that. Uh, don't know,
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uh, yeah, but you know, they get that as a ticket of admission
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and then they're just hanging out at the bar. And so it's like an outdoor
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bar. But, um, no, good for
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them. I was just like, you know what, I liked enjoying the game
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and I would do that, but Wanted to do both, we did it. And in
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the process, like I said, we found 2 new places. That one side spot,
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I just don't normally go over there on the party roof place to find
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because you're on the main, um, there's a couple different ways to get up
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to the rooftop. Like you can do the escalator and then
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they have these ramps, you know, that kind of back and forth,
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take you forever. And it's just like this weird like dark hallway
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off the ramp And all of a sudden you're on this lowest pavilion with
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a chicken. Yeah, bird call chicken, all kinds of shade.
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And it was pretty nice. I'm like, oh my gosh, I don't think I've— if
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I had been there, it had not been years. I thought you
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were just— yeah, you're like, where are you going? I thought you were joking.
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Like, I've never— what? I've never been there. So we hung out
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for a little bit, and, um, I will take my family there.
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We'll get a chicken sandwich and scope it and then go. But, uh, once again,
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Coors Field, pleasant Obviously that's why a lot of people go
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for the ball and the parks. We like to go to different parks,
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right? Uh, it's a gem. And you know, parking is a problem because
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it is, it is a downtown ballpark. It is, you know. And so you're
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the guy in the know, you know. Me, not a towner, even when I lived
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on the Western Slope, I still went to major parking lots, you know,
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you know, little structures. I did have a secret place for a while
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in the early days, but then it became a high-rise apartment building or
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something, right? You know, um, so I do the big lots. You being
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a local, no, we're gonna park over here. And I'm like,
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why are we parking 3 blocks away from the stadium?
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Well, you walk in and it's not that far of a walk,
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but the secret was getting out. Now I know why Jason was
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doing what he was doing, because always a method. You turn
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right out of that little parking lot and There you go.
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And there you could have spent $20 to park in the main lot and sit
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in a traffic jam for a few hours, or we spent $20 to walk 3
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blocks and we're already on Broadway. And we've done light rail before.
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Denver is very accessible. You can go fly in to
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DIA, take a train to Union Station, right,
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walk, see a game, and then go back, hit your train, and get out
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in the same day. I mean Washington's that way,
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Chicago's that way. Though that is a perk that
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is very nice. So that is cool.
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But sometimes you gotta park. And, uh, I always, Brian,
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like to come up to— I like to walk up to the stadium and
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have the experience and then look up at, you know, the main entrance and
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then either going that way or go around to a different one. But I just
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like that whole thing. I don't know. I, I was coming in,
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you know, I flew in to DIA and I got on the train.
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I'd take 2 trains to get down here to your house.
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And, um, you know, when I lived here, we rode the
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train all the time. The problem is the pandemic kind of
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changed the train system here, and some lines got
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taken out, became kind of sketchy and hardcore in different sections.
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I was a little nervous, I have to say. Coming in, I'm like, hmm,
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am I going to get mugged now? And I have to say, it was a
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very pleasant train experience. They cleaned it up. Yeah. Especially the train in
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south, you know, coming south through Denver was new.
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I was like, what? There was dudes checking, you know, so I had to buy
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my pass. So I felt very good. I'm like, wow, okay, maybe they're trying to
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revive the train. But here's the funny side story to that.
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I'm coming down because you're at an event. So I said, I'll just train all
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the way down. And so I'm just training. I'm like looking at this dude across
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from me in the train. I'm like, Rockies shirt on.
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Okay, maybe he's a fan, but he was sleeping. I'm like, okay. I never bothered
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him. Usually I talked to other Rockies fans, so I didn't say anything.
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He was working the section that we got our tickets
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on. I'm like, which is what? That is so weird. That is random and crazy.
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Weird. Not only is he sitting on the train the day before, but then we
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sat in his section. I really wanted to say something, but I was like
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You ride the train. You ride the train. Yeah, it's a weird
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statement. All right. A weird quandary. Like, it's a huge— you on
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the train yesterday? Well, it's a
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huge stadium. The chances of that are crazy. So because they had attendance—
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attendance was low yesterday, only 20,000. Normally they have over 30,000 home
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games. So they're missing 10,000 people yesterday due
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to heat, World Cup. But yeah, it's just
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so random. I'm like, wow, how does that even happen? That I
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see that same guy twice. I don't know, it's weird. I think it's
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cool. It is cool. It's cool. See, Denver's like kind
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of meant to be in some weird— yeah, is that meant to be? It's meant
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to be, you know. And there's, uh, the food. What would
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you rate the food yesterday for that? We had, uh, a Smashburger.
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What's your thought on that? Well, I've learned never eat
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the concept— just the regular concessions. Okay. Yeah, yeah.
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Or any major stadium. Okay. You know, they have those big food vendors,
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you know, like do all that. Yeah. Instead you go to the specialty
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places. So either I go to Sandlot, they have that
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food, you know, a little line, very nice, the draft beer there. You go
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around and then they have the, the actual properly cooked,
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you know, like, uh, I don't know, they have like different sandwiches,
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nachos, loaded nachos, like really good sloppy joe.
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Like what? Can't go wrong with Smashburger. Yeah, and we had Smashburger
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and the upgraded tots. I have to say, 2 thumbs up.
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Smashburger, if you're listening, throw us a bone. Yeah, but, uh,
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no, very good. Yeah, Brian did see— he did not partake in the
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$45 big hot dog they're selling right now,
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but he at least saw it. He at least saw it. Yeah, I will say
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we got it and I had a piece and it is an upgraded hot dog.
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I don't know why. If you're listening, Coors Field, you guys kind
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of just Keep that game up, man. They make a good dog. Charge a little
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more. Uh, but you know, every stadium has their food tricks,
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you know? Right, right. That is— who,
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who pays $45 for a hot dog, Jason? Uh,
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we did it because my daughter loves hot dogs and she wanted
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to get it. She wanted to have pictures and take it, you know? Right,
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right. Look at me, I'm crazy. This thing is huge.
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Yeah, and she wanted, um, the hot dog hat. They're doing
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like a hot dog themed summer, kind of. I don't know why. So they,
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you know, so I was on the lookout. I've seen the pictures prior,
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you know. I'm— I couldn't believe that they could even sell a $45 hot
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dog, $45 hot dog to begin with. Sure enough,
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our same row, some dude, some dude, so you can see it, $45 for
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it. And then you look at the other stuff that they're carrying, like the
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drinks, the nachos, all the other food. I'm like Man, that was,
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that was a $150 food run. Overrated is these fruit
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things on a stick. Oh, not only are these
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just exposed to the air for a long time,
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it's like basically a fruit shish kebab, you know. Yeah,
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that's not one. Obviously, to each their own, but those kind of fly like hotcakes.
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But anyone under 20, hey, they got one. Yeah, right.
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Lemonade was going quick because, you know, it was a hot day. Yeah,
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freshly squeezed. I have to say, dude, I was— the heat was zapping me.
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Yeah, they're up there and I'm like whining and complaining a little bit.
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I need a Gatorade. Well, the Jack Daniel's bar
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doesn't sell Gatorade. What? So I actually had to drink
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a sugar-free Red Bull. So guess what, man? That powered me
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through. Did it power you through? It gave you a little— I may have partaken.
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They're a little weird. I may have partaken in a in a Jack Daniel's beverage,
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but I also chased it with the water. So there you go. No, you know,
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it's always a good day at the park. What's your takeaway as
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someone who doesn't live here anymore? You came to Coors and the Rockies
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and all that. What's your takeaway experience? You know,
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I'm also a fan and I lived in this state before
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they actually became an official team. I mean, it was in the
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works, but they didn't have a stadium yet and all that kind of stuff.
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Um, so yeah, I was already here as, as a
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resident. And yeah, you know, I, I was torn
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in those days because I moved from the Phoenix area and the Diamondbacks
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started that exact season. Should I be a Rockies fan or a Diamondbacks fan?
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It's pretty easy. You live in Colorado and you get that kind of view off
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of a stadium and you got that quality of a stadium. It looks
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old-timey, but it was new back then. Um, I do have
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to say they do a great job. I, I would suggest Cougars needs to upgrade
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their bathroom facilities at some point here. Like more or just bigger
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or bigger? Yeah, you know, that's where our stadium starts to show its age,
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you know. Yeah, it's like outside looks great, it's like
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timeless, right? But the facilities you use as
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a people or chairs, you know, like the stadium seats, they got to keep those
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looking good. Those actually still look pretty good. They do. And I think they change
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those out on a regular basis because they're always for sale at the van day.
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Remember, that's true. Yes. And so they must replace
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them and keep them looking fresh. But yeah, other facilities like,
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like bathrooms or just little off areas— the pavilion they keep,
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or those rooftop areas, those are primo. That's where I think we
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learned that. We might know why, because they're newer facilities. True.
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Yeah, newer facilities. Oh, it is nice.
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No, I'm going back. It's just nice to know that there's little crannies and places
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that I don't know about. So see, look at that. Uh, there are— I've
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sat in many places, but there is a couple. Another slow game day,
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I want to kind of just go and sit in some random places and just
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check out the views from some different spots. So that's a thing.
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I was surprised. Uh, we did have some conversations as we were walking.
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Even your attendance rate is down. You don't go
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like the amount of games per year. See, I was always jealous.
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You know, I lived on the Eastern Slope. What? And Jason's
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going like 10 times a year or something. I go my once or twice
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at the most. I'd come over if they did any kind of playoff
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games back in the day. But other than that, I was always like secretly
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a little jealous because he's got proximity. You got it. And I got— I do
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have some people who have hooked me up, man. Right. Sometimes,
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sometimes it's on the last, hey, you want this? Game starts in an hour.
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But this year, this is my 5th game, which by some, that's a lot of
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games to go to a baseball game. I may go to one
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more here, but yeah. But your attendance is down.
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Why is that? They're not as good, you know, so that the energy there.
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But however, even though they're changing their culture and
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I'm still a big fan and I love Schaefer, the manager there, and what
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they're trying to do. So I feel that's a good way. Um, I don't know,
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man. There's just other things competing for my time and my dollar, I guess.
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So I listen to them a lot. I, I'm a radio person.
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I think for me especially, uh, I think it's
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the dollar situation. Yeah. Um,
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it's just when, when a Gatorade's $10,
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knocking on $10, or $45 hot dog, or,
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you know, just the lunch that we had, you're like Yeah, okay,
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some cash. Yeah, that's some cash, you know. And you throw the ticket
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price in, you got $20 parking, and that's walking, you know.
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You could pay the $40 parking, park up close. Yep.
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All of a sudden, one gains a $300 experience just for a single—
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or like, you know, 2 people, $300. Like, holy crap.
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I think that's why I like to go early and really make the time stretch.
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Yeah, because I, I want to really be there because one, I love the building
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And I just love the whole experience. But that's me. Some people showing
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up right when first pitch— show up late, leave early,
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and they still spent the same amount of money and they loved it. Yeah,
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so yeah, everyone's different. Yeah, right. But, uh,
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overall great. Or maybe that's what they had time for, you know. Okay, better than
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nothing. I'm gonna sneak into Rockies game real quick. Yep, who knows?
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I'm flying in from Arkansas, flying from Arkansas.
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I'm gonna come watch the last 2 innings and get out. I've been a bad
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baseball fan back home. I have not been to one AA
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game at all this season. So,
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you know, it's been rainy, it's been hot.
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Summer's not over yet, Brian. I know, I know. So I got— I gotta at
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least make the drive, go see my little local team. I love AA
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ball because it's cheap and, uh, some of those
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kids are moving up through the ranks. Yeah,
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but well, I will be back next summer, Jason.
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Okay, you've heard it here. Yeah, come out,
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you know, it's always a great experience. Now, would I
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come out to see football or basketball? I would come out
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and see hockey. That's the other sport. You are an Avalanche fan. You did go
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to several of those games, right? Because that's a great fan experience.
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It is live hockey. I haven't been in
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a long time. I should probably go to a game and see the new updated
23:37
fan experience. Yeah,
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football's too loud for me. Maybe I'm noise sensitive.
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Maybe. I like it. It's just loud. To me,
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it's the dollar point on that. I would go to the Broncos right now if
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you say you want to go to the Broncos. Yeah, but, uh, it's pricey,
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man. That is really pricey, right? So I'm like, yeah.
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And, you know, I— you hear
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stuff like Denver's not the same, the city itself, you know,
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uh, gotta watch yourself, it's not as safe. I would
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have to say that deters, uh, people. So what
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do you think? Do you think Denver is okay to get around in? Living here,
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I think it's good getting around. No, I, I go down,
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my wife works downtown, uh, you know, there's ebbs
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and flows for sure. Believe me, 16th Street Mall, they put a lot of money
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and time in that to clean that up. So it, it had been sketchy,
24:31
but I feel like it's getting better. I feel— I was surprised,
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like, just riding the train. I think they cleaned up a lot of areas of
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town since I lived here. I moved away in '22,
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and the train was nice. And then even you and I walking to the park
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and back, I didn't have— so to me, it's like moving
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away, you don't know what it's like on the ground. And I was
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like, going to a new city, you don't know what it's like, so you do
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your homework. Yeah. And even then, you got to live there. Yeah, right.
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But no, it's good. Uh, but it's Denver. I think your choice
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is turning a corner, in my opinion. Yeah. So yeah,
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and the Rockies are turning the corner. There actually is some energy in
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the crowd now. Yes, because you see these guys
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trying to go— the, the vibe is We're,
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we're making moves, we're trying, we're doing stuff. We have some holes
25:21
in our lineup that hurt us at times,
25:24
but, uh, well, the future is there. How do you love a team that's
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not performing well year after year? It's hard. And then I remember,
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at least we weren't Cubs fans for a long time. Yeah, there's a lot of
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Cub fans here because that's, you know, what a little— had their glory, finally got
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back to the World Series. And then other teams are, you know,
25:43
too You have to remember there's been a lot of other teams out
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there still never tasted the glory. We've at least even been to a World Series.
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Some have never even, right, or even gotten to the group.
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Yeah. So you always have to keep it in perspective.
25:58
So, so it was good. I, I kind of felt like,
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all right, go, you know,
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Coors Field is kind of notorious for not the great— they're they
26:09
pack the stadium, people come, but they're not paying attention.
26:14
They're like talking and drinking, right? Right. Yeah, the fans. But I
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think the fans are starting to come because they understand like
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we got to support this team if they got any shot. And they
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boys started coming back yesterday and the crowd chimed in. They did.
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Proud of them. Yep, yep. On that note, honorable mention to Kansas
26:32
City. I think those fans are Sick. Those people,
26:37
way to go. Swag. They're all swagged up there. They're watching.
26:41
They are miserable. They are not talking about the
26:45
weather or a sandwich.
26:48
Yeah, that's inside. We've been around those fans. So then
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I put a pickle on my sandwich and you know what I did? I put
26:55
some mustard on it. School goal!
26:59
What? Where are you watching that? Anyway. No. Hey, people go for
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many reasons. You can enjoy a game and talk random.
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I've done it too. I get distracted.
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You know, you and I talked. I worked at the Naturals.
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I was an usher, just like the usher I saw. I was like,
27:18
hey dude, you worked there? And I asked you, would you be an usher at
27:21
the game? You said no. Nope. I don't want— I don't want to. Jason never
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worked for at least the Rockies. I don't want to because I want to keep
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that experience just pure fandom.
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I might work for you. You did.
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I actually became a better watcher of the game because
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I had to work, deal with drunk people, and also pay
27:43
attention to the game because that's a perk of being paid $11. It is.
27:47
It is. That is a perk. Drunk people. That is a perk. I'm like,
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um, okay, so I can— could I
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learn to deal with people and still keep an eye on the game? And the
27:57
answer is yes. I think it made me a better fan. Okay, so you'd
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recommend the experience? Yeah, just do it once. Yeah, see what you like.
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Who knows, I might. I don't know, there's always opportunities. That's right.
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I know people who know people. That's right, you're right. You know,
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it's in your own backyard. In my own backyard. Well, dude, thank you. I appreciate
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the hospitality, coming to staying at your house. Uh,
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going watching a game together. It's been great fun. Yeah, appreciate it.
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Awesome. And guess what? What? We are out of time.
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Oh, as I'm watching squirrels run around, squirrels go around.
28:30
We're almost— that's kind of been this podcast, uh, kind of
28:34
squirrely all over the squirrel. Yeah, right. Hey, it was fun. So hey
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friends, thanks for joining us on this episode of Life According to
28:42
Brian and Jason. And until next time, yeah, leave us a comment.
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What do you think? Uh, You know, what's your fan experiences this
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summer out there? And until another episode, see ya.