Aside from seeing a horrendous B team, or perhaps C team today, and another lackluster performance by Mr. Redding, there was another constant source of annoyance over at Citi today.
“Sweet Caroline” was back, just now in the 5th inning t-shirt launch spot. Fans were “treated” to this song which quite creepily was originally written and released about a then 12 year old or younger Caroline Kennedy.
Aside from the possible arrest and notification Neil Diamond should have been giving whenever he moved into a new neighborhood, I have no gripes about this song. In fact, last Friday when at the Mets/Sox game in Boston, I had a great time singing it with the Fenway Faithful as if it was “Living on a prayer” in a college bar. But that is where Mets management or whomever decides on the music and in game activities should leave it.
It is and has been a Boston Red Sox 8th inning sing-a-long for about 12 years now, and this just embarrasses me as a fan when it is played anytime during a Mets game. What happened to “I’m a Believer” last year? That fit the Mets PERFECTLY and I would sing it, as well as many many around me. “Sweet Caroline” is greeted daily with boos, and they are quite audible.
Anyway, I don’t want to go too much further in this post because honestly, I don’t know what will ever get them to change this, but I needed to vent. The song needs to go and to move it to the 5th inning today just shows that for some crazy reason, the Mets feel the need to drive this down our throats even though true fans or just baseball fans obviously hate it here in NY.
If anyone from the Mets ever reads this, Please for the love of god, go back to just “Meet the Mets” or “I’m a 
Believer” and burn your copy of “Sweet Caroline” for good.
Hey, but at least the Mets don’t play “Cotton Eye Joe” and show a “live” control room of people dancing like another certain franchise, that is pathetic and embarassing any way you cut it.
19 comments
QnsNative718
5/30/2009-5:40pm at 5:40 pm (UTC -4)
You gotta be kiddin me..
mrose
5/30/2009-5:42pm at 5:42 pm (UTC -4)
i’m assuming you are referring to the fact the song was back..and I wish I was kidding you
QnsNative718
5/30/2009-5:47pm at 5:47 pm (UTC -4)
Hey, while they’re at it. Why dont they do a roll call at the beginning of every home game, just like the Yankees!
mrose
5/30/2009-5:49pm at 5:49 pm (UTC -4)
ugh…
yea what other classic things can we take? how bout we make a song called “go mets go”? or make a hotdog called the “mets dog” or a “citi frank”
its pathetic
QnsNative718
5/30/2009-5:47pm at 5:47 pm (UTC -4)
And btw, “Caroline” was my ex’s name, so I really got some animosity towards the song. lol
mrose
5/30/2009-5:50pm at 5:50 pm (UTC -4)
ouch buddy..
QnsNative718
5/30/2009-5:53pm at 5:53 pm (UTC -4)
Is Jay Horowitz behind this kind of stuff?
mrose
5/30/2009-6:01pm at 6:01 pm (UTC -4)
i sure hope not…
GravediggerHebner
5/30/2009-6:01pm at 6:01 pm (UTC -4)
Wow, that’s terrible. It’s as if the song used to be a set up man, but due to poor performance is now in a mop up role. Just waive it already! There are many able replacements. In fact, many songs by The Replacements would be better. If it MUST be Neil Diamond, perhaps someone should point out to the Met organization that he wrote I’M A BELIEVER!
metsfan4decades
5/30/2009-6:18pm at 6:18 pm (UTC -4)
Sweet Caroline belongs to the Red Sox – period. I have no idea what the Mets are thinking on this one. Can they possibly be this out of touch with the fans? If the fans are actually booing when it’s played, how hard can it possibly be to get the hint?
There are so many good songs they have to choose from that one wouldn’t even know where to begin. It just can’t be this hard.
Sigh…..
jonnyballgame
5/30/2009-6:19pm at 6:19 pm (UTC -4)
I can’t say it enough.. This site looks fantastic and gets better every day. Way to go guys..!
mrose
5/30/2009-6:24pm at 6:24 pm (UTC -4)
in addition to all the people who are coming here now and the authors, Mr North Jersey has been awesome with his graphics and expertise. Now if I could only figure out the homepage to look better…this site would be in perfect shape..that and needing the other teams blogs lol
jonnyballgame
5/30/2009-6:32pm at 6:32 pm (UTC -4)
maybe you could use another wordpress template just for the Homepage. Something very basic that gives you enough space to put all the information. Just a thought.
mrose
5/30/2009-6:39pm at 6:39 pm (UTC -4)
hmmm thats not a bad thought actually
jonnyballgame
5/30/2009-6:40pm at 6:40 pm (UTC -4)
This could become a disaster of sorts but what if instead of moving other teams blogs over to Nl EAST Chatter.. We promoted other popular NL EAST blogs like BeerLeaguer. So sites like BeerLeaguer would become part of the NL EAST Chatter Network. The main focus of Nl Eeat Chatter hompage could become Gameday threads when NL EAST teams play each other and the message board.
jonnyballgame
5/30/2009-6:42pm at 6:42 pm (UTC -4)
So you would RSS there article headlines on the main page and link their site.
rustyjr
5/30/2009-6:57pm at 6:57 pm (UTC -4)
3 words Curley Shuffle petition !!!!!
saltygary
5/30/2009-7:37pm at 7:37 pm (UTC -4)
Maybe it was a tribute to Castro?
bucknersankles
5/30/2009-8:06pm at 8:06 pm (UTC -4)
I think as a franchise we always seem to be a step or two behind,
Sweet caroline ? is that the best our people can come up with ?
There are hundreds of songs to choose from and they select a song that is used by the Red Sox no less.
That’s as bad as the Phillies using tugs “you gotta believe” chant, I don’t mean to get petty but have you ever compared our inaugural patch to the Yankees patch ?
I mean, come on, it’s a freaking joke, like I said always a step behind.
Anyway, I better get off the soap box before I start going off like an ingrate.