A Whole New Ballgame

The 1969 Washington Senators 50th Anniversary Edition

By: Stephen J. Walker

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Despite a long and uneven history, Major League Baseball’s Washington franchises have hardly been the stuff of legend. However, in 1969, when new owner Bob Short coaxed batting legend and rookie manager Ted Williams out of retirement, these annual no-names climbed out of the depths and straight into the hearts of Washington baseball fans starving for a winner. Led by The Capital Punisher Frank Howard, whose tape-measure home runs sometimes seemed like optical illusions, the Senators simply won ball games with a determination rarely seen in D.C. environs. A Whole New Ballgame showcases the 1969 Senators’ magical season, complete with updated player bios, new photographs, stats, game action, and stories. Foreword by Dick Bosman.

AI narration stinks while technically correct. The

Six apostrophe three is someone’s height. Point three zero zero is someone ‘s batting average. Record with a long ‘e’ sound is a verb not a team’s outcome in games as in a ree-cord of seventy wins and sixty-six loses. The pauses in a sentence make for awkward pacing in the story. The AI also reads captions under every picture not visible in an Audible book. Little things like this get annoying in an 8+ hour audiobook.

Virtual voice desecration

Some narrators are bad, but not as decrepit as the Virtual Voice. The Virtual Voice ruins the book. Why not let the author do the narration?!

VIRTUAL VOICE "READER" DESTROYS A GOOD BOOK

This book is well-written and researched by the author and the subject matter is fascinating: one of the worst clubs in baseball is taken over by one of its greatest legends, Ted Williams, as manager.

This virtual voice book is a masive disappointment and a travesty. It's an insult to the author and us readers. The voice is hollow and soulless, mispronounces words and synonyms, and has screwy cadence and tone. It's the biggest train wreck of an audio book I've experienced. The errors are so egregious, no publishing house would ever release a dog's breakfast like this abomination. I will avoid all "virtual voice" titles offered in future.