Red Sox Nation takes its traditions Very seriously!!  One slip up and we could lose the World Series and we all know how heart crushing that is to Beantown!!

Chanting “Yankees Suck” at Every single game no matter if we are playing them or not, slurring obscenities over empty bud light cups and singing “Sweet Caroline” during the seventh inning stretch are just a few of what to expect each and every time you hit the stands at Fenway!

Now really?  Does Neil Diamond have anything to do with Red Sox Nation?? How may you ask did a song about hooking up with a sweet lil lady named Caroline become the anthem of the seventh inning stretch??

Well we are here to answer this puzzling question for you!!

Thanks to Miss Amy Tobey, who was the Fenway music director from 1998 -2004, heard the sweet tune at other sporting events and decided to throw it into the lineup.  Tobey thought of “Sweet Caroline” as a good luck charm.  It became a staple in between the sixth and ninth innings but only if the Sox were ahead.  Soon fans expected to hear Mr. Diamond blaring across the park towards the end of the game regardless of the outcome.

When the Sox were bought in 2002, the new ownership asked for the tune to be played at every game during the 8th inning!  And that my friends is how the union of  “Sweet Caroline” and the Red Sox came to be.

Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I’ve been inclined
To believe they never would
Oh, no, no