Friday, September 16, 2011

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of @AsktheBooth

Much to fans' pleasure, Phillies announcers Tom McCarthy and Chris Wheeler have started something called Ask the Booth on Twitter.

During some of the Phillies games, Wheels and McCarthy will answer questions from fans that are sent to the twitter addess, @askthebooth or items that are hashtagged, #askthebooth.

There is no limit on how many questions you can ask if you have a twitter account and there is also no restrictions on what you can say.

Obviously, this may not have been the Phillies best decision because as many of you know, not all Phillies fans are too fond of the team that took over for HK and Whitey.

When the Phillies first started this Ask the Booth thing I decided to check it out. I parked myself in front of my computer and began reading through the twitter feed. Some of the questions people asked were very poignant, thought provoking questions and other were more along the lines of, "I lost my phone, where can I find it."

It was quite humorous to see some of the things the Phillies announcing team was being asked and also some of the comments that people were making. Let's just say not all of it was clean and not everyone held back their punches.

Wheels and TMac took a pretty good beating with some of the questions and comments, but were able to find themselves just shaking it off and laughing. I know that because I asked them how they felt about the insulting comments. I had to get in on the action.

With the Phillies telecast showing only the legitimate questions and very few questions even at that, here are my favorite Ask the Booth tweets that didn't quite make the cut.


hall126 ryan 
Does sarge dabble with cocaine? #askthebooth @philaphillies 

scrappleSports scrapple sports 
hey #askthebooth , has Wheels ever clogged the toilet on a road trip?@Phillies

phourscore_tg TRG@PhourScore.com 
Are there any circumstances under which "just as good" actually is just as good? #Askthebooth

c_theJ Carrie Johnston 
#askthebooth is it true that there's a "must blow a series vs the Astros" clause in all of these PHI/HOU trades.?

theJamesIsJames James J. C. 
@philaphillies Who would you say has the biggest package on the Phils? I know you guys look when you're in the locker room... #askthebooth

scrappleSports scrapple sports 
How tall is a smurf #askthebooth

Bboutwell79 Brooks Boutwell 
@philaphillies brains, brawn, wildcard. Which members of the broadcast team fits in each roll? TV and radio #askthebooth

TrishaRose13 Trish 
@philaphillies does Sarge know how to juggle? #askthebooth

RFA79 Bob A 
@philaphillies #askthebooth How does Wheels keep his hair so full and shiny? Can he share his hair care secrets?

MattPlunkett MattPlunkett 
Sometimes it burns when I pee. It's probably nothing, right? #askthebooth

jtb2008 Jarod Belles 
@philaphillies Is suicide really painless? #askthebooth

MattPlunkett MattPlunkett 
Do you know Mayberry's number? My sister totally wants to date him. #askthebooth

bendy7 Ben De Carlo 
@philaphillies do T-Mac & Wheels ever do wife-swap for a couple of weeks? #askthebooth

BrianthePastor Brian Beissel 
@AskTheBooth can you use the word "asphyxiate" during a broacast just for me? #askthebooth

gatsbyx26 RS 
@philaphillies #askthebooth Who is blacker: Jose Contreras or Sarge?

JaredLambert Jared Lambert 
@philaphillies Which current Phillies do you think would make a good broadcasting duo? #askthebooth

Kalel1323 Marc Indelicato 
@philaphillies #askthebooth what meal are you guys going to make@HunterPence3 buy the team when the #Phillies make the post season?

SMJB771 Shawn Barton 
@AskTheBooth sarge if you could be an animal what would you be an why

SMJB771 Shawn Barton 
@AskTheBooth hey sarge whats your favorite power ranger?

DannyZ24 Dan Szostek 
Would LA drink a razzle twatatini? #askthebooth #patron #phillies

PhillyPhan3410 Hunter Maenner 
@philaphillies Does Wheels take his toupee off in the showers? #askthebooth

memohrman Mark Mohrman 
Hey #askthebooth Boxers or briefs?

CliffHalladay Cliff Halladay 
Who are the three best escorts in Houston? @philaphillies #askthebooth @askthebooth

michaeljblum Michael Blum 
@philaphillies Who do you think murdered Tupac? #askthebooth

michaeljblum Michael Blum 
@philaphillies Do you think OJ did it? #askthebooth

jmgtm1 John Mirenda 
@derekj31384What wresting move would JA Happ give to Ruben Amaro if given the chance the stunner, rock bottom or other? 

jmgtm1 John Mirenda 
RT @derekj31384 Tmac, what is so interesting about Sarge's ear? I noticed you staring intently at it. #askthebooth

Looose_Cannon Smarter Than You 
#askthebooth............... what is wheels wig made out of?

JohnCBrenner JBrenner232 
@philaphillies When is Sarge going to be given his own line of hats?#askthebooth

Tusk09er S Tuscano 
@philaphillies would anyone have noticed your mismatched shirts in the broadcast booth if you guys didn't mentioned it? #askthebooth

#askthebooth is just as good ever ever ever just as good?

29THFLR Daniel McFarland 
What's your favorite old timey racial slur? #AskTheBooth

fantasource Fantasource 
@philaphillies Which National League city has the best hookers. Female or male (I'm looking at you, Wheels). #askthebooth

29THFLR Daniel McFarland 
Is it ok to talk about this phillies game without expressed written consent? My attorney isn't taking my calls. #AskTheBooth

1 comment:

  1. Which NL city has the best hookers? Looking at you Wheels ahahahahahahaha

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