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Sweet Caroline Unmasked!

Nov 21, 2007 – 2:52 PM
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For countless years, fans at Fenway Park have been serenaded by Neil Diamond crooning "Sweet Caroline" in the eighth inning. The tradition began about 10 years ago when the Red Sox played it as a tribute to an employee who had just had a baby and named her Caroline. The fans loved it, although after enjoying eight innings worth of over-priced beer, they probably would have gotten into The Brady Bunch theme with equal enthusiasm. In 2003, the Sox began playing it at every game.

Almost 40 years after the song was released, Neil Diamond broke his silence about who Caroline is. I, like many others, would have guessed it was an old lover. Maybe his mother? Wrong. The truth is now out there: Caroline Kennedy.From Boston.com:
"I've never discussed it with anybody before - intentionally," the celebrated singer told the Associated Press this week. "I thought maybe I would tell it to Caroline when I met her someday."

Diamond finally got his chance when he performed via satellite last week at the former first daughter's 50th birthday party.

Now, if we could only get them to stop doing "the wave" at Fenway...
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