Rays fans react to American League Pennant win

Who was live last night in the stands and now she's live with us here on Fox Tampa Bay Live. Cynthia, how are you feeling? I know you brought the energy last night, girl. I am feeling so incredibly grateful, amazing. Little Cin growing up being a Tampa Bay Rays fan is so excited. This team deserves it all. The inside of the Trop was absolutely electric. That last out, just goosebumps, and they're coming back to me now. And just lighting up the Trop was, I'm going to cry again. Were there tears? Definitely. I had tears after last night's game. I had tears after Sunday night's game. It was just amazing. I love this team so much. Yeah, I mean, Cindy, how many games have you been to at this point, at least this season? This season, I want to say a minimum of 12. I feel like it's been more, I kind of lost count. Well, and you know what? It's hard to keep up at this point. And you are very dedicated, my friend. You have made it on the Jumbotron. These videos absolutely just making me smile ear to ear. I mean, watching this success for the last few weeks, and I mean, we'll talk about your host experience in just a minute, but purely as a fan, what has this journey been like through your eyes? It's been an amazing way to kind of shut down the haters. and show that we are a resilient team. I call it Rays Resilience. I've been wearing my pearls, I call these my pennant pearls. I've been wearing those the last six games or so, and they've really worked, and we've got our AL pennant now. It's been electrifying, and I've been telling people, if you have not been to a game, you must go. It is like no other experience in the world. And coming from being a fan host, being on the other side, knowing what it takes to deliver that Rays baseball magic, it just brings so much warmth to my heart. And I had a very special experience being able to watch one of the Yankees games with my mom. She's in one of those Jumbotron videos and she had never been to a playoff game. Wow, and that's what's the coolest part is experiencing it with your family and those who showed you the love of this game. Your host photos are absolutely amazing. I can't even imagine what that was like. Tell us about that. Being a fan host was absolutely incredible i got my start in 2015 i was a junior in college i called it my college summer job and it was one of the coolest things i literally talked about how i lived at the Trop i would go through 10 game homestands we'd have different theme days um on sundays kids run the bases and DJ kid dance party I would be there sweeping home plate making sure the kids would kind of make it there safely without sliding too hard um it's been an amazing thing I've actually given my dad all of my bobbleheads to put up in his house because I've run out of room. But it was an incredible thing. I called it my favorite job ever, six years with the Rays. What an incredible club and such great fond memories and a lot of friends I've made and kept along the way, not only fans but also fellow fan hosts. I know, I was gonna say, I'm looking for a photo, I don't think I grabbed it. But I know you're always relatively in the stands at this point with some of the same people. We've We've had Tampa Bay Take on a lot here on Fox Tampa Bay Live, but I feel like it almost makes me think of the movie Fever Pitch, where there's all the season ticket holders and they know each other and they're sharing stories. And I can imagine it was like that to some extent, especially this season. Yeah, people laugh, they're like, we can't go anywhere in St. Pete in general with Cynthia. You can't walk 10 feet without her knowing someone and in the Trop, it's an even shorter distance. I've worked at every single gate. I've worked with almost every section, 118 Bruce, 120 Fancy Nancy, my supervisor, shout out Wendy at Gate One. I love them all so much. And there's so many more. I can't even remember the name at the moment. What's so funny is in 2015, when Eric Weisberg interviewed me, he said, Cynthia, why didn't you join us sooner? I said, Eric, honestly, I thought it was a retiree program. And he said, that's illegal. You should have joined us sooner. a retiree right now when you are at a game especially last night I can imagine like how long did you stay inside did you get to go outside do we go out after how did we had a reporter at Ferg's I can imagine what was the city of Saint Pete like last night absolutely electric it reminded me of 2020 it didn't I know we lost to the Dodgers then but it reminded me of 2020 with the Bolts um just how amazing everyone was honking screaming out loud um we ended up I don't think we left, walked out of the Trop until about 12:30. I got home and was kind of in bed maybe about 1 a.m. Everyone was staying around to see the amazing celebration on field and just seeing everyone's reactions. Seeing the different players go to media, come in and out of the clubhouse from their champagne showers. Such a great time. Honestly, wanted to try and collect some of the confetti. We need to bottle that up and sell that or something because it just brings everyone so much joy. I bought these pearls after I came off of a cruise, but I had an original pair that I was wearing and they broke. So I put it in a baggie and I kept that with me. And I have my cowbell and my rally towels. I'm very serious about the game. You know what, as you should be. I've got a belt too thin and I said you, wow, look at you. So you tie your towel to it so that you can do both. Wow, you got the race fans hacks right there. Sin, are we gonna see you at a World Series game? I haven't looked at tickets yet, I heard they're pricey. What are we thinking? As a girl with no job, I would love to go to the World Series. I'm gonna make my way there. My dad always used to make fun of me, he's like, these opportunities just wind up on your doorstep. I have no doubt that you're gonna make your way there. So one of those games, I'm gonna make it there for sure. My gosh, well, Sin, before we let you go, I mean, I found the picture, you and your crew, so many others that aren't pictured here. What has this been like for you? What are you excited about most now as we start game one on Friday? Give me your final thoughts. I'm excited for us to get some rest. It's been a grueling week. It's amazing. I'm so excited for Friday. I want everyone to know that you need to turn on your TV and watch the game. If you haven't been following this team, you're behind. We'll pick you right back up and you can get on this race train right now. We are going for the whole thing. These are my pennant pearls and you remember that we're going to take it all the way. And there's going to, I'd imagine we're still actively learning about watch parties and what's going to be happening. But I know we should look to you for some of that information. So we will be in touch. You go get some rest. I know you had a late night, Cynthia. We appreciate you. Thank you, Regina. Have a great day, everybody. Love you, Fox fam. Love you. Raise up, my friend. Raise up.