Perfect “Pitch” – MLB players karaoke for children’s charity

 

Cardinals’ pitcher Adam Wainwright (photo courtesy of thatbaseballblog.com)

Professional athletes and charity events have gone hand-in-hand for years. Some charitable events are cake-walks with the athletes having to do little more than show up, shake some hands, say a few kind words, then enjoy whatever festivities follow. While this is still admirable, it’s those who are willing to go that little extra mile that really draw attention, especially when that extra mile might include the possibility of personal embarrassment. 🙂

In this regard, St. Louis Cardinals pitchers Adam Wainwright and Trevor Rosenthal pitched a perfect game at a recent charity event to benefit a local children’s hospital. The twin flamethrowers joined forces to perform a karaoke duet of “Love Is An Open Door” from the hit animated Disney film Frozen.

Though their performance conjures up more images of Abbott and Costello than Diana Ross and Lionel Richie, their willingness to “leave it all on the field” for charity is awesome. Gentlemen, we here at Karaoke Cloud salute you!

American Authors: They’re everywhere!

Pop, hard rock, rap, or metal; regardless of what type of music you listen to, there’s a very good chance you’ve heard the American Authors. Their song “Best Day Of My Life” seems to be everywhere, and that’s just the way they like it!

In the music industry a lot of people like to throw around the term “selling out” when an artist or band allows their music to be used for promotional or advertising reasons, but the American Authors reject such judgements. In an interview with Radio.com, bassist Dave Rublin stated, “We embrace any platform that picks up the song. It shows that it can transcend what anybody would normally categorize it as.”

“Best Day Of My Life” is not only getting wicked playtime on the radio, but it can be heard as part of the soundtrack for Vince Vaughn‘s new movie Delivery Man, a new promo for the 2014 MLB Fan Cave, and was even used in a Lowe’s commercial which aired during this year’s Super Bowl. The music video for the song has garnered more than 4.2 million views on Youtube and our KaraokeOnVEVO version has seen more than 2,500 hits in just 3 days! Check it out for yourself.

People can talk about “selling out” all they want, but the fact is that the American Authors are selling like crazy and there’s no doubt that these are, indeed, the best days of their lives!