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John Kiley
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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!
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It's actually a song that has been played at various sports venues for years. The advent of "Red Sox Nation" and the infestation of Pink Hats wrestled the tune away from every other team that occasionally played it, and now we seem to be stuck with it, all by ourselves.... Neil Diamond is the perfect singer for baby boomer yuppies and their milquetoast kids to feel all warm and fuzzy inside about. It's "Friendly Fenway" now, full of happy songs, rainbows and ponies. Some goofball music director played it, the crowd responded with enthusiasm, and it just took on a life of it's own. :thumbdown
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Sweet Caroline is just an annoying song, played to death.... But is "Welcome to the Jungle" really the kind of music that should be played at Fenway? Gillette, sure....but baseball is different.
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Al Michaels seems like an assh*le, but he's a good play-by-play man. His call on Hendo's HR was superb. I gotta go with Vin Scully though.
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Kevin Millar
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It's not "mandatory" like League-mandated, I meant that it's virtually mandated. Nobody has the balls to say "enough" already.
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Wow, if Texas loses, it'll be an incredible choke job. 2 run leads and within one strike in consecutive innings.....holy crap
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It seemed like Washington kind of lost the plot there towards the end of the game...the pressure got to him, I think.
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Joe Buck had the chance to make a memorable call on Freese's walk-off, but all he could mange was "We'll see you tomorrow night." Where is Vin Scully when you need him?
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And they call soccer the Beautiful Game.....
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Buck and McCarver doing their best to ruin it
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classic game, this one...one for all times, and it aint over yet
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I think they should revert back to organ music only. If a "traditional" experience is part of Fenway's appeal (and part of the club's marketing strategy), then they need to at least make the effort to play more organ and less recorded music. Personalized songs for batters is on par with WWF entrance songs. It degrades the sport of baseball, and the practice should be banned. I have an 80 year old uncle by marriage who goes to Phillies games, but says he can't stand the loud music. (And he's hard of hearing!) And I don't blame him. It's overkill. Blasting loud rock and rap music continually made me and I'm sure many other people just dump the NBA like a case of the fleas. I also get pissed off at Bruins games. It's out of control with the music. And the stupid goal song is an atrocity. They don't even let fans make our noise after a goal. Some jackass has his finger on the button a half second after the puck is in the net. AWFUL
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I remember that it was a EVENT whenever Pedro took the mound for a couple of years there....just incredible, the place would just buzz. Clemens was a beast, but Pedro was an artist, and more fun to watch. I don't know if we'll ever see the likes of him again.
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No chance of this after the clubhouse calamity in Boston.
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A Tigers-Brewers WS would have been so much more interesting. I'll take Rust Belt over Bible Belt every time.
