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Earth_First

(14,910 posts)
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 09:47 PM Apr 2013

Yankees play 'Sweet Caroline' in Boston tribute

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

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Yankees play 'Sweet Caroline' in Boston tribute (Original Post) Earth_First Apr 2013 OP
The Cubs are going to as well ./nt Drale Apr 2013 #1
That's so touching! JimDandy Apr 2013 #2
The Marlins did it also. n/t FSogol Apr 2013 #3
Class alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #4
Sweet Caroline Fenway Park Boston Red Sox DonViejo Apr 2013 #5
+1 Fearless Apr 2013 #13
Thank you Yankees...... Marrah_G Apr 2013 #6
You are quite welcome iandhr Apr 2013 #10
I'm not even a Yankees fan but that's top notch right there. OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #7
That was a real classy thing for them to do. Gemini Cat Apr 2013 #8
In case you don't know the words.... Auntie Bush Apr 2013 #9
No offense, but you left out the best parts.... jazzimov Apr 2013 #11
+1 n/t ChazII Apr 2013 #12
Sorry about that! My C & P didn't work very well. Auntie Bush Apr 2013 #14
Well, wherever you got it... Beartracks Apr 2013 #22
Yep. duffyduff Apr 2013 #18
Absolutely need the Dah, dah dahs! calimary Apr 2013 #19
Poignant! Cha Apr 2013 #15
Love them or hate them, the Yankees have real class. nt Zorra Apr 2013 #16
Good on them tabbycat31 Apr 2013 #17
Hey, I got it multiple times. I know what you are going through. calimary Apr 2013 #20
Awesome Libertas1776 Apr 2013 #21

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
2. That's so touching!
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 09:53 PM
Apr 2013

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.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
4. Class
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 09:58 PM
Apr 2013




Also Jackie Robinson Day, so every player is wearing #42.

Says something important there, too, I think.


Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)
9. In case you don't know the words....
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 10:34 PM
Apr 2013

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)
11. No offense, but you left out the best parts....
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 11:00 PM
Apr 2013

Sweet Caroline
(Dah, dah dah!)
Good times never seemed so good
(So good! so good!)
......

Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)
14. Sorry about that! My C & P didn't work very well.
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 11:20 PM
Apr 2013

I didn't know the words...that's why I looked it up...so didn't miss the missing words. No offense taken!

tabbycat31

(6,336 posts)
17. Good on them
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 11:27 PM
Apr 2013

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)
20. Hey, I got it multiple times. I know what you are going through.
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 12:05 AM
Apr 2013

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)
21. Awesome
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 12:11 AM
Apr 2013

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

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