Europeans CAN'T EXPLAIN Why 37,000 Americans Are SINGING Sweet Caroline

Why do 37,000 Americans stop a baseball game to sing Sweet Caroline, a Neil Diamond love song from 1969? To a European, it makes no sense at all. Until you hear the story. Every home game at Fenway Park, in the middle of the eighth inning, the whole ballpark stands up and sings. The song has nothing to do with baseball or Boston. The tradition started with a newborn baby, a woman at a sound desk, and one of the most superstitious cities in American sports. And in April 2013, after the Boston Marathon bombing, it became the song a whole country reached for, even the New York Yankees. In this video: How a small gesture for a colleague's baby girl started the Sweet Caroline tradition Why Red Sox fans turned an old Neil Diamond hit into a lucky charm The day Yankee Stadium played Boston's song Neil Diamond's surprise appearances at Fenway Park What this tells a European about how Americans build traditions If you enjoy the stories behind American traditions that look baffling from the outside, subscribe for more. If you're watching on your TV, the subscribe button is right below the video. Have you ever sung Sweet Caroline at Fenway? Tell me in the comments. For MORE Video's    • British Farmers LAUGHED At This 45-Foot Am...      • Europeans CAN’T EXPLAIN Why 100,000 People...   #SweetCaroline #Fenway #RedSox #NeilDiamond #BaseballTradition #AmericanCulture