A Magic Summer

By: Stanley Cohen

Narrated by: Ian Eugene Ryan

Publisher's summary

A Magic Summer tells of that remarkable season by chronicling the major events as viewed twenty years later. Interviews conducted twenty years after with members of the team - Seaver, Ryan, McGraw, and others - provide immediacy and, with that, fascinating updates and insights. This is a unique record and celebration of a season that Mets fans - and all baseball fans - will not soon forget.

©2009 Stanley Cohen (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

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3 out of 5 stars

By Adam Weisler on 03-12-17

Narration Plagued By Mispronunciation

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The story of the "Miracle Mets" of 1969 is a baseball classic. But a book like this will probably only be read by die-hard Mets fans. And as such it is unforgivably distracting to listen to this book and hear the constant uncorrected mistakes made by the reader when pronouncing the names of key figures in this story.

The legendary Dodger lefthander was not Sandy "KOO-fax"
The Cubs manager was not Leo "Der-oh-SHAY"
Future Met 2nd Baseman Felix was not "Millin"
The Centerfielder who Made the Extraordinary Catch was not Tommy "AJJ-ee"

It was someone's job (the producer, the director, the narrator himself) to make sure that names were being pronounced correctly. It's not that difficult. Just takes a little bit of research or a sit-down with anyone who knows about the team.

I wanted to escape into the world of the 1969 Mets when reading this book. It was hard to do with all the mispronunciations.

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3 out of 5 stars

By Jerry Grillo on 12-17-23

Great writing ruined by terrible narration

I can't say enough about Cohen's writing, and I'm glad to have read this one before. This audiobook is ruined, in my opinion, but the narrator's inability to pronounce some famous names from American history. KOO-fax? Mari-COL? Nee-EKRO? Dude has a wonderful speaking voice, which is why he got the gig (or, I suppose, any gig). Unfortunately, he didn't take any time at all to learn how to pronounce all the words and that really cheapens the product. Time or money I won't get back. Sigh.

I totally suggest reading the book and leaving this audio version alone, and also suggest the producers of this kind of slipshod production take some time to 'proof-listen' ... because crap like this sounds more like a cold script-read than a final production.

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5 out of 5 stars

By brian beirne on 10-15-21

The story of the Miracle Mets!

History of the 1969 Mets. Bio and update on the players. Review of the season, the competition, and eventual World Series. Great story!

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