Who is THIS Caroline? WTF do you have to do with sporting events?

My theory is that Neil Diamond...who was born and mostly raised in Brooklyn, New York, found a way to make extra money off the song by reminding people that he wrote the song for Caroline Kennedy and how the Kennedy family has a long time history with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Since there's just one Major League baseball team in the Commonwealth and it's in Boston, he sold them on that.


In this time of healing for David 'Big Papi ' Ortiz, perhaps Diamond will pen a new song in his honor and to help him to a rapid recovery.

would rather hear about Caroline than Crackling Rosie, who may or may not be on fire...

I believe Crackling Rosie was used for Pete Rose out in Cincinnati when he got a homerun.

My maternal grandparents used to live next to Goole FC's ground. Goole play in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division so they're pretty famous.



Every Saturday they would play loud popular music that was at least 20 years old. I remember hearing the Mighty Quinn over and over again.

Maybe it's cheaper, or sports fans prefer nostalgia or something else.

The Diamond song has also been adopted by soccer clubs in the UK.