Why Track & Field is Better Than Baseball.

So with the birth of the youngest Neale last week, I have had a really bad song, by a really crappy band in my head. That song would be With Arms Wide Open by "Creed". In case you have never been exposed to this bottomless pit of suck, then watch it here. Just be warned, it's terrible.

Now this unfortunate convergence of babies, and crappy songs lodging in my head did also come at a very fortuitous time. Last week I discovered this gem:



This song makes With Arms Wide Open look like fine art. Check out the sound effect entered around the 15sec mark. That's rock-and-roll at it's finest. Also, you need not go much beyond the fist lines of the video to get just where it is going (though if you want to feel that awkward embarrassment you get for others when they do something really bad then watch the whole thing). The first lines "Let's play ball, it's game day. We want strike outs, base hits, double plays." Listen to the flare that only a musician like Scott Stapp can throw down on his pronunciation of "double plays". Those are some tasty licks indeed!

Now why is T&F better than baseball? Because T&F had no part in the production of this film, the writing of the song, or hiring Scott Stapp to do a promo song. Baseball did! I like baseball, but this honestly makes me like it a little less, and makes me like T&F even more. Thank you USATF and all other T&F organizations around the world!

Remember, "keep hoping and dreaming and you will soar"

Nack
(Extra note: Stapp's song was a promo for the Florida Marlin's baseball team. I heard last week that when the song debuted for all the team, fans, and media to see the Marlins immediately went out and had a perfect game thrown against them. I guess Scott Stapp's music just doesn't inspire like it used to.)