[COMPLETE] Baseball Joe in the Big League by Lester Chadwick

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Baseball Joe in the Big League by Lester Chadwick ( - ).

This project is now in the catalogue. All audio files can be found on our catalogue page:
https://librivox.org/baseball-joe-in-the-big-league-by-lester-chadwick/

"Baseball Joe" Matson's great ambition is to become a professional baseball pitcher. The Baseball Joe series follows his career as he seeks to attain his goal. In this fifth volume, Joe is drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the major leagues. A successful season of pitching is marred by mishaps beginning with a request for a loan by a has-been ball player and ending with the kidnapping of our hero.

Lester Chadwick is one of dozens of house pseudonyms created by the Stratemeyer Syndicate in the early to mid 1900's, to "author" children's series. Contract writers (whose identities were to remain unknown under tight secrecy) were hired to write the books in the series under the various names, usually multiple writers contributing volumes to a particular series. Howard R. Garis (1873-1962) is thought to have ghost-written most, if not all (sources vary), of the 14-volume Baseball Joe series. (Summary by Donald Cummings)
  • Text source (only read from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27584
  • Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard

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    Genres for the project: Sports Fiction; Children's Fiction
    Keywords that describe the book: fiction, sports, baseball, juvenile, baseball joe, pitcher
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  • The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
    No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!

    START of recording (Intro):
    • "Chapter [number] of Baseball Joe in the Big League, or A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles, published 1915. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
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      "Baseball Joe in the Big League, by Lester Chadwick. [Chapter]"
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    • "Chapter [number] of Baseball Joe in the Big League by Lester Chadwick. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
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Last edited by DACSoft on July 8th, 2022, 4:01 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Don (DACSoft)
Bringing the Baseball Joe series to audio!

In Progress:
The Arrival of Jimpson; Baseball Joe in the World Series
Next up:
Two College Friends; Baseball Joe Around the World
Darvinia
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Post by Darvinia »

Here I am. Feel free to upload to my folder while I set this up.
Bev

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Post by DACSoft »

Thanks Bev,

I wanted to get this set up, but it will probably be a couple weeks before my first chapters. I want to work on my other solo (Left to Themselves) which has 2 chapters recorded (in editing), and 4 more to go after that. I'd like to try to finish that one also by year-end which is hopefully doable. Having two different solos running in parallel helps keep my interest in both, as I can switch off when I need a change. :)
Don (DACSoft)
Bringing the Baseball Joe series to audio!

In Progress:
The Arrival of Jimpson; Baseball Joe in the World Series
Next up:
Two College Friends; Baseball Joe Around the World
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Post by Darvinia »

All set up and moved to Going Solo. It's been awhile since I set up a project so if anything looks odd or doesn't work, please let me know.
Bev

There's nothing you can't prove if your outlook is only sufficiently limited. - Lord Peter Wimsey
I yam what I yam, and that's all what I yam - Popeye, the sailor man
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice - Neil Peart
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Post by FlatheadFord »

Signing in and bookmarking.
Bob
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Post by DACSoft »

Bob and Bev,

I hope you both had a Merry Christmas. Happy New Year to you and I hope it's a better one for everyone, than the one just past.

Status update:
Chapters 1 - 3 recorded; Chapter 1 editing in progress. My "goal" is to submit these three before the end of this month.

One good thing about recording during snowstorms ... not a lot of external noise to edit out. :D

Don
Don (DACSoft)
Bringing the Baseball Joe series to audio!

In Progress:
The Arrival of Jimpson; Baseball Joe in the World Series
Next up:
Two College Friends; Baseball Joe Around the World
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Post by FlatheadFord »

Hi Don,

Wishing the same for you! Thanks for the update. It's great that you started recording this. I'm looking forward to listening to the next episode of Baseball Joe's life.
Bob
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Post by Darvinia »

Happy New Year Don!

I'm glad to see you've started on this. Maybe a new routine could be to record all winter and edit all summer. :)
Bev

There's nothing you can't prove if your outlook is only sufficiently limited. - Lord Peter Wimsey
I yam what I yam, and that's all what I yam - Popeye, the sailor man
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice - Neil Peart
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DACSoft
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Post by DACSoft »

Chapter 1 is available for PL. (13:24)
Don (DACSoft)
Bringing the Baseball Joe series to audio!

In Progress:
The Arrival of Jimpson; Baseball Joe in the World Series
Next up:
Two College Friends; Baseball Joe Around the World
DACSoft
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Joined: August 17th, 2013, 8:51 am
Location: Connecticut, US

Post by DACSoft »

Chapter 2 is available for PL. (9:42)
Don (DACSoft)
Bringing the Baseball Joe series to audio!

In Progress:
The Arrival of Jimpson; Baseball Joe in the World Series
Next up:
Two College Friends; Baseball Joe Around the World
FlatheadFord
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Post by FlatheadFord »

Chapter 1 is PL OK. Your reading flowed very well. A great start!
Bob
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Post by FlatheadFord »

Chapter 2 PL OK!
Bob
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Post by DACSoft »

Chapter 3 is available for PL. (13:08)
Don (DACSoft)
Bringing the Baseball Joe series to audio!

In Progress:
The Arrival of Jimpson; Baseball Joe in the World Series
Next up:
Two College Friends; Baseball Joe Around the World
DACSoft
Posts: 1979
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Location: Connecticut, US

Post by DACSoft »

Chapter 4 is available for PL. (10:39)
Don (DACSoft)
Bringing the Baseball Joe series to audio!

In Progress:
The Arrival of Jimpson; Baseball Joe in the World Series
Next up:
Two College Friends; Baseball Joe Around the World
DACSoft
Posts: 1979
Joined: August 17th, 2013, 8:51 am
Location: Connecticut, US

Post by DACSoft »

Chapter 5 is available for PL. (10:32) :)
Don (DACSoft)
Bringing the Baseball Joe series to audio!

In Progress:
The Arrival of Jimpson; Baseball Joe in the World Series
Next up:
Two College Friends; Baseball Joe Around the World
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