Music at the Ballpark

[Elktonnick]

Those "pink hats" are what allow the Red Sox to be amongst the top of the league in payroll year-in' date=' year-out. I hate Sweet Caroline, but it's not the end of the world.[/quote']

 

How many of you are old enough to remember the old trivia question: Who was the only person to play for the Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins and the old Boston Patriots?

[seabeachfred]

This is a poll for people who go to games at Fenway. If you don't go' date=' please don't vote. I am trying to gauge the opinion of the Fenway Faithful. Now, maybe I'm just turning into an old fuddy duddy, but I always liked the sounds of the game-- the bat hitting the ball, the ball hitting the catchers mitt, and the umpire's strike call. If you had good seats you could hear some of the stuff the players said to each other. Today, it is so loud at the game that you can't even have a conversation during the game about strategy. A big part of the fun of going to the game is talking about it with friends. Does every player need to have their own music when they come to the plate? I don't see how that adds to the fans enjoyment. It seems to me that it is additional noise that is tailored toward pleasing the players and not enhancing the game watching experience for the fans.[/quote']

 

That one hit very close to home 700. In 1997 I attended a game at Fenway for the first time and it wasn't the music that I remember; it was the constant conversation of the fans. You just couldn't sit there and watch the game because someone would ask you a question and want a reply. After a couple of innings I got to like that....a lot. It was totally different from out here in Southern California where the fans, loyal though they are, act like they're at an opera recital. Two years later I became a Red Sox fans and always look forward to coming to Fenway for two trips a year and love the atmosphere and the baseball talk that goes on practically the whole game. As for the music, maybe Sweet Caroline in the bottom of the eighth and Dirty water about 100 times next season would be enough to satisfy me. Any more and it no longer seems like a baseball game.

[Gringo]

Those "pink hats" are what allow the Red Sox to be amongst the top of the league in payroll year-in' date=' year-out. I hate Sweet Caroline, but it's not the end of the world.[/quote']

 

 

The Red Sox were among the top ball clubs in payroll outlay long before anyone ever wore a pink hat to Fenway Park. The Pink Hats are a RESULT of a big payroll putting together successful teams.

[Gringo]

The sense of superiority and entitlement some Red Sox fans have is amazing. When you throw the "pink hat" label on anything you wouldn't see at a game in 1934, it kind of loses its touch.

 

Yes, I like the music. That being said, I'm 19 and I don't remember going to games where there wasn't, so it could be just the way I was brought up.

 

If the hat fits....just kidding.

 

Pink hats are people for whom the game is secondary to yapping away about their lives with their friends, talking on their mobile phones, taking pictures etc., who leave early because they are bored, can't name more than three players, don't care to learn about the history of the club, don't know the rules, don't make an effort to learn the rules, and for whom singing "Sweet Caroline" is the high point of their whole f*cking experience!

[Gringo]

How many of you are old enough to remember the old trivia question: Who was the only person to play for the Red Sox' date=' Celtics, Bruins and the old [b']Boston [/b]Patriots?

 

John Kiley

[Elktonnick]

John Kiley

 

Guess you are old enough!

[mvp 78]

I say go back to the days when there were ropes instead of fences, when CF in the Polo Grounds was 500+ feet away, games were only played during the day, and umpires stood behind the pitchers. Now that's real baseball. When men would wear fedoras instead of MLB licensed merchandise.

[Gringo]

I say go back to the days when there were ropes instead of fences' date=' when CF in the Polo Grounds was 500+ feet away, games were only played during the day, and umpires stood behind the pitchers. Now that's real baseball. When men would wear fedoras instead of MLB licensed merchandise.[/quote']

 

Haha, I love seeing footage of crowds back then, everyone dressed sharp...a different time indeed.

[Gringo]

Guess you are old enough!

 

 

It's a great trick question

[Elktonnick]

It's a great trick question

 

It is one of the few pleasures of being my age. All my old jokes (and stories) are new again. !