![]() I also saw several instances where only one team’s audio was available, which is a bit disappointing. Listening to a TV audio feed seemed weird enough, but when I tapped on it, what I got was the home team’s broadcast. Even two days after opening day, I found one game that claimed to have a visiting audio feed via the team’s TV station. There was no way to guess which was which without trial and error. On opening day, the call letters of the team radio stations were matched with the wrong teams-for example, San Diego was listed as being broadcast on Dodger flagship station KABC, while the Dodgers were listed as emanating from Mexican (and Padres) broadcaster XPRS. The act of choosing which audio stream to tune in is more confusing than it should be. It would sure be nice if a higher-quality audio stream was available for users on wi-fi networks. On a wi-fi network, the audio stream was rock solid. The low bit rate of the audio does serve users of the cellular network well-I was able to listen to a game on a 3G network, though occasionally the audio would pause or stop altogether. Some of the audio sources I listened to sounded pretty good others were overcompressed and very difficult to listen to. The game audio works fine, though nobody will mistake it for a pristine radio broadcast. I found that it crashes occasionally, and the audio controls slide down over the top of the scoreboard, blocking the top of the list of games until you tap the Audio button to hide the controls. ![]() This is not to say that, with audio access and pitch-by-pitch data finally available on the iPhone, that MLB At Bat 2009 is perfect. Aįree lite version offers scores and schedules, but no audio.) (While it’s true that the original MLB At Bat cost only $5, it was also only good for the last half of the 2008 baseball season, while this version will cover the entirety of this season. Given that MLB.com charges $15 for Gameday Audio access on the desktop, that makes the new $10 MLB At Bat 2009 a remarkable bargain. The new version of MLB At Bat provides all the features of its 2008 edition, and throws in access to live audio streams of home and away radio broadcasts for every game. Baseball is a sport that translates incredibly well to the medium of radio, and nothing beats sitting back on a lazy summer day tuned in to a ballgame. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.There was one other obvious feature missing from MLB At Bat, and it’s the centerpiece of the new MLB At-Bat 2009 app: live game audio. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. MARTIN: Barnstormers: Determined to Win is available on the gaming platform Steam.Ĭopyright © 2023 NPR. You know what, we're going to make our own door, and we're going to make our own space and do it at the highest level over here and have fun. They're out here to see me, even though I'm not in the majors, even though that door was closed. To give you that experience of like, man, these people are out here. You could also feel what it's like for triumph or a story of triumph through pain and suffering. HAM: When you want to share the feelings of another person, it doesn't have to just be pain and suffering. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #3: (As character) They all excited about your Negro baseball. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #3: (As character) You boys got the folk around here real worked up. INSKEEP: Ham says the game is meant to offer a sense of the acclaim that the players received and also the racism that they experienced on the field. ![]() UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As character) Strike. And so instead of saying, I'm watching something about the Negro League, you're role-playing through it. You're still in your living room, and you're watching those things take place in front of you. He says he doesn't think of it as a video, but more like a short, interactive film.ĭEREK HAM: There's a screen in front of you. MARTIN: Ham is an associate professor at North Carolina State University. INSKEEP: The game is called Barnstormers: Determined to Win. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) Hey, rookie. How does it feel to be totally immersed in a game that you've only read about in history books?Ī virtual reality designer is helping people experience what it would be like to try on the spikes of baseball players in the Negro Leagues of the 1940s.
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