tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20529073.post6491602086622784331..comments2023-06-01T10:36:11.771-04:00Comments on An Editor's Rant: Outrage In FlushingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20529073.post-81823864134173196842007-07-09T15:18:00.000-04:002007-07-09T15:18:00.000-04:00As one who has sung along to "Sweet Caroline" in b...As one who has sung along to "Sweet Caroline" in both Fenway Park & Shea Stadium, it's a perfect song for for Fenway Park, especially since it was written by Commonwealth of MA-Native, Scott Rosenberg(His Mom was a Dunleavey, BTW):<BR/><BR/>Just because Neil Diamond is a Native of Brooklyn(So am I), does NOT mean that it's proper to expropriate the song. It's actually part of XM Satellite Radio's Promotion;<BR/><BR/>"Sweet Caroline" has a party flavour to it, as there are so many places around Fenway Park, to celebrate & comiserate after a Game. There is nothing really close by Shea Stadium, so fans must travel distances for celebration & comiseration, hence "No THERE, There";<BR/><BR/>The song is no longer played there. More-Appropriate to that Stadium, is "I'm In A NY State Of Mind" by Billy Joel, who lives on the Eastern End of Long Island;<BR/><BR/>Like the playing of "Sweet Caroline", which has ended, Shea Stadium shall cease to exist after the '08 Season, as the new park will mimicry Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, only in State Of The Art Form, perhaps an admission that the Mets have no originality of their own;<BR/><BR/>MichaelMichael Leggetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07987710950659331609noreply@blogger.com