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Ricky Bottalico Wants to be Part of the Phillies Broadcast Crew, Says Ricky Bottalico’s Twitter

By Kyle Scott

Published: Feb 22nd, 2012 · 10:48 AM EST

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This gives all-new meaning to the Angry Bottalico.

Yesterday on Daily News Live, CSN announced that Gregg(ggggg) Murphy would join the Phillies as a field reporter. Sarge, who previously held that role, sort of, will stick to what he’s best at– sometimes when the pitch is a fastball, coming at a high velocity, the batter may want to swing more quickly, as well.

Anyway, Murphy joins the Phillies broadcast crew for all home and away games on CSN, Comcast Network, and MyPhl 17. But one person is not happy that he seemingly doesn’t fit into the Phillies' broadcast plans– Ricky Bottalico (@rickybottalico).

Here’s what Ricky Bo told a fan (or friend, since she's one of the few people that he tweets and follows, along with Paulina Gretzky…) last night on Twitter:

Those aren’t great things for a TV person to say publicly. Bottalico quickly realized that:

He has since removed the Tweets. 

Bottalico, who most of us enjoy, is still scheduled for his normal role on Phillies Postgame Live, according to CSN press releases as recent as yesterday. But, it seems, he wants more.

What says you?

H/T to Matt Rappa and his Baseball Talk: Philadelphia Facebook page for tipping us off to this