Where it began, I can't begin to know whenSusan Orlean, author of “The Orchid Thief” the book on which Adaptation was based, put her sleuthing skills to a Fenway mystery this morning on NPR’s Morning Edition. With so many things originating from the Boston Stations we don’t expect to hear a Boston-centric piece from a staff writer of the New Yorker. But in her last two years in Boston Susan's found a number of things curious about the ethos. She investigated and reported this morning on the eighth inning at Fenway. Not just the eighth inning, but the Fenway rendition of Sweet Caroline.
But then I know it's growing strong
Hands, touching hands, reaching outBostonist had a little fling with Neil Diamond this summer, but in her investigation Susan didn’t ask us. After interviewing fans, tour guides and the current Fenway DJ, Megan Kaiser, Bostonist was sure we’d heard the truth to the origins of the Sweet Caroline rendition at Fenway. Alas, we were wrong. The theories about JFK’s daughter, daughters of Fenway Park DJ’s past, and existential explanations the truth came from the originator. Amy, the Fenway DJ before Megan Kaiser took over, put on Sweet Caroline 8 years ago at a game. The crowd loved it. That's it, Amy liked it and Red Sox Nation just happen to like it too. Now Megan plays it every game, eighth inning, and all Bostonist can say is:
Touching me, touching you
sweet Caroline, good times never seem so good (so good, so good, so good...)
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