when do they play sweet caroline at the red sox games
Sweet Caroline The song has been played at Fenway Park, home of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox, since at least 1997,[13] and in the middle of the eighth inning at every game since 2002.[14] On opening night of the 2010 season at Fenway Park, the song was performed by Diamond himself. "Sweet Caroline" was played at Penn State Nittany Lions football games at Beaver Stadium until August 2012, halting after the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.[15][16] Performances at Beaver Stadium resumed in September 2013, however.[17] The song is played at the start of the fourth quarter of Pittsburgh Panthers Football games at Heinz Field.[18] In response, West Virginia University students in turn will yell "EAT S*** PITT" during the refrain if heard played.[19] It is also an unofficial song of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, being played at athletic events and pep rallies.
Sweet Caroline In a 2007 interview, Diamond stated the inspiration for his song was John F. Kennedy's daughter, Caroline, who was eleven years old at the time it was released.[5][6] Diamond sang the song to her at her 50th birthday celebration in 2007.[7] On December 21, 2011, in an interview on CBS's The Early Show, Diamond said that a magazine cover photo of Caroline Kennedy as a young child on a horse with her parents in the background created an image in his mind, and the rest of the song came together about five years after seeing the picture.[8] However, in 2014 Diamond said the song was about his then-wife Marcia, but he needed a three-syllable name to fit the melody.[8]