James McGirk

The Perfect Swing

Shay

Actual rating 2.25, rounded down to 2.

Honestly I'm not really a fan of baseball, but I found audible's sleep stories section last night and this was the first one on the list. 

The Perfect Swing was an informational little sleep story about how Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams swing their bat. McGirk essentially wrote a compare-and-contrast essay on their techniques and the impact it had on their performances. The small nuggets of information about DiMaggio's stats (and how amazing his career actually was) is what made this worth listening to. McGirk does a good job contextualizing what he's saying instead of just spouting out numerical stats that are supposed to be impressive, which I appreciated as someone who does not watch baseball. 

The narration wasn't great. It almost felt like Jonas was whispering (maybe almost like an ASMR video?) which is fine I guess, but on top of that there was no pattern or rhythm to the way he spoke. It was kinda choppy. And that's probably down to poor editing more than anything.

But I really can't complain, because I did manage to fall sleep after listening to this so it certainly served it's purpose. 

I love how sleep stories have a way of clearing the mind and helping me relax.

The Perfect Swing

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