Every year the Phillies and 94WIP run the Phantastic Auction, and buried in the list of items is one of the most fun prizes in sports: broadcast an inning on the radio with the actual Phillies announcers. This year someone put their money where their mouth was, won the item, and got to sit in the booth at Citizens Bank Park and call play-by-play during a Phillies-Nationals game.
Live look at the Phillies-Nationals broadcast during the fan's inning behind the mic.
The auction listing itself lays out exactly what the winner signed up for: joining Scott Franzke and either Larry Andersen or Kevin Stocker in the Richie Ashburn Broadcast Booth, calling a predetermined inning live, with the winner's voice going out over the air to friends, family and every Phillies fan tuned in. Throw in 2 tickets to the Cadillac Hall of Fame Club for that day's game and it's about as good a bucket-list item as a die-hard fan can buy.
This isn't some one-off gimmick, either. The Phantastic Auction is a legit charity fundraiser the Phillies and WIP run every year, and the radio-inning package has become one of the crown jewels of the whole thing precisely because it's not a photo-op — you're actually on the call, live, with the pros next to you.
Barstool's accounts jumped on the clip fast, with the reaction basically unanimous: someone give this guy a job. That's the beauty of a bit like this — a random fan gets thrown into a big-league booth for a few outs and, judging by the clip, doesn't sound out of place doing it.
Stunts like this are why fans keep showing up to bid year after year. It's a charity auction that actually delivers a memory nobody forgets, and this fan's turn behind the mic is the kind of moment that'll get replayed on Phillies broadcasts for years.