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NEW YORK (AP) The New York Yankees paid tribute to victims of the Boston Marathon bombings by playing the Fenway Park favorite "Sweet Caroline" at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night.
The popular sing-along song has been featured at Boston Red Sox home games since 2002.
The Yankees honored Boston, home of their longtime rivals, by playing the Neil Diamond hit over the public-address system after the third inning against Arizona. Yankees fans sang along, and some people in the crowd wore Red Sox hats and jerseys.
"Thank you NY Yankees for playing 'Sweet Caroline' for the people of Boston," Diamond wrote on his Twitter page. "You scored a home run in my heart. With respect, Neil (hashtag)OneBoston."
http://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Yankees-play-Sweet-Caroline-in-Boston-tribute-4439853.php#ixzz2QgI2xR41
Drale
(7,932 posts)JimDandy
(7,318 posts)It's so rousing and chilling at the same time to hear an entire crowd sing that. Even a crowd singing Handel's Messiah doesn't come close.
FSogol
(45,360 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Also Jackie Robinson Day, so every player is wearing #42.
Says something important there, too, I think.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)World Series - Game 2 - Sweet Caroline - October 25, 2007
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Something I never thought I would say.
iandhr
(6,852 posts)OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)Good Job, NYY.
Gemini Cat
(2,820 posts)Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)Where it began,
I can't begin to knowin'
But then I know it's growing strong
Was in the spring
And spring became the summer
Who'd have believed you'd come along.
Hands, touchin' hands
Reachin' out, touchin' me touchin' you
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined
To believe they never would
But now I, look at the night
And it don't seem so lonely
We fill it up with only two.
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net ]
And when I hurt,
Hurtin' runs off my shoulders
How can I hurt when I'm with you
Warm, touchin' warm
Reachin' out, touchin' me touchin' you
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined,
To believe they never would
Oh, no, no
Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
Sweet Caroline,
I believe they never could
Sweet Caroline...
jazzimov
(1,456 posts)Sweet Caroline
(Dah, dah dah!)
Good times never seemed so good
(So good! so good!)
......
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)I didn't know the words...that's why I looked it up...so didn't miss the missing words. No offense taken!
Beartracks
(12,761 posts)... they sure put the verse breaks in weird places.
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As people know, the song was inspired by Caroline Kennedy as a young girl.
calimary
(80,699 posts)And great thanks to the Yankees. That's a classy thing to do.
Cha
(295,926 posts)thanks Earth First
Zorra
(27,670 posts)tabbycat31
(6,336 posts)I still cringe everytime I hear that song though (nothing against Neil Diamond, but when your name is Caroline and random people sing it to you it gets old very fast).
calimary
(80,699 posts)When your name is Mary, you get it all over, and from all over, because there seem to be Mary songs from every generation! And that's aside from the nursery rhymes and the greetings heard regularly on the "Mary Tyler Moore" show.
I sympathize!
Libertas1776
(2,888 posts)I once stayed at the HoJo right across the street from Fenway. Completely non-baseball related trip, just a coincidence. Then to top it off, the Sox were playing the Yankees. It was like a roar, all you could hear reverberating through the room was the chant "Yankees Suck!" all in unison, thousands of people. Over and over. The rivalry between the two teams is legendary. It's nice to know that in times like this, such differences can be put aside for awhile. I knew they would do something like this