Approximately a month ago I posted a question asking readers to enter the Phillies Phestival booth numbers that had been assigned to them. I went in with the understanding that the poll would have no statistical relevance considering our sample size would be a small fraction out of ~ 7,000 tickets sold. Still I hoped we would get enough responses that tracking might give some insight into the overall ticket distribution and answer the question - "Are premier players distributed significantly less than reserves/relievers?"

Results:
Total number of submissions (multiple booths were tracked within one submission): 58

For example: I had tickets to six booths. I entered all six and it counted as one submission.

Booths rank ordered by least number of tickets available were:

Booth	Player/Coach	% of Distribution
17	Lee	18%
7	Utley	20%
1	Ruiz	24%
3	Manuel	24%
4	Polanco/Valdes	25%
16	LA/Sarge	31%
19	Halladay	32%
14	Blanton	34%
18	Rollins	36%
20	Hamels	36%
21	Wigginton/Gross	36%
8	Pierre/Mackanin	37%
11	Howard	37%
13	Papelbon	39%
6	Fontenot/Billmeyer	41%
10	Mayberry/Nix	43%
12	Kratz/Samuel	43%
15	Kendrick/Perlozzo	44%
2	Savery/Diekman	46%
9	Bastardo/Horst	48%
5	Schwimmer/Dubee	51%

Summary:

So, what does this tell us? Again, understanding there is little/no statistical relevance to the percentages reported above, and only based on the information put before me by the readers of this site, I can easily conclude: the Phillies distribute fewer tickets for "premier" players. Below are a few keys highlights:

Of the top 10 "least distributed" booths - nine were for single-players, and the only one with two guys appearing was Booth # 16 for Larry Andersen and Gary Matthews - two popular, former World Series players.
The top 5 "most distributed" booths included three coaches and five rookies.

All was not lost with these booths for anyone needing Kyle Kendrick, Antonio Bastardo or Rich Dubee on either a 2008 or 2009 item (note: Bastardo for '09 only).

Based on both their position in the overall rankings, and physical location in the Hall of Fame section, I believe Booth # 21 (Ty Wigginton and Greg Gross) was meant for Jim Thome. Many of us hoped to have him here for the event - and if you had a ticket for this booth, you may be a little more bitter after seeing this...

I don't think these findings are going to be a complete shock to anyone, but are interesting nonetheless.