Each week Bostonist brings you the most viral of Boston-based videos. Ah... ahhhh... ahhhhhh...CHOOO! The Sox are back in Florida tonight, so all the more reason to send some Boston love down south. What better way to do that than a Sweet Caroline sing-along with one of the most adorable families of seven on YouTube? Go Sox!......

Above: Kelly Clarkson (or Rachael Ray?) at a Red Sox game with Jill and Kate, who apparently served as her backup singers at some point in time. (More details on the girls.) Below: Proof that Kelly Clarkson and Rachael Ray may in fact be the same person. (Even the bracelets are on the same hand!) What's next: "Because of EVOO," "Since U Been Gone (I've Cooked More 30-Minute Meals than One Person Can Eat),"......

Well, Bostonist was thinking Bon Jovi, but Fenway Park delivered something quite different, smooth crooner Neil Diamond. Of course people will be thrilled to see Mr. Diamond on August 23 since his song "Sweet Caroline" is the icing on the cake at every Red Sox game. So good, so good ... Diamond even unveiled the news in a taped announcement at the home opener. But what is going to happen when he sings something other......

The feud between Red Sox ownership and Hank "Spaulding Smails" Steinbrenner is escalating. After Hank moaned, "Red Sox Nation? What a bunch of [expletive] that is.", John Henry responded by sending Hank an honorary RSN membership card. While we've taken our shots at the bloated "Red Sox Nation" phenomenon before - it's jumped the shark the way "Sweet Caroline" did, and Gino is in the process of doing - we recognize the need to circle......

Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline," the song near and dear to any Red Sox fan's heart, always sounded like a love song. Diamond certainly sang it like a love song, and it was easy to imagine a mystery Caroline who made Diamond's blood run hot. Imagine our surprise when Diamond revealed the inspiration behind his classic--an image of Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg. A very young Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg. Diamond said, "It was a picture of a little......

The Boston Globe assembled yet another online photo album that is custom-made for workers to peruse during lunch break. Only this time around, the Globe tackled a touchy subject - "What makes a true Bostonian?" As opposed to what? A false one? And how long do you have to live here to get your credentials? Not to pick on the Globe, but any kind of list such as this is going to have its problems,......

We don't need to tell you what happened. The Red Sox blew the White Sox off the face of the earth, then arrived in New York and started playing like a bunch of corpses. At least yesterday was an afternoon game, so we could do other things with our evening. Amid the carnage, we have to salute Curt Schilling, who pitched pretty well, considering he really looks like he's going on fumes these days. He......

The good news is, they got some hits. The bad news is, they didn't translate into nearly enough runs. Terry Francona tried drastic measures, moving the struggling (to put it charitably) J.D. Drew to the leadoff spot, possibly to cut down on his left-on-base numbers. That sure didn't work. Francona stuck with the scuffling (again, we're being kind) Julio Lugo, which means that either Alex Cora doesn't know how to play shortstop or is trapped......

Take us to DEFCON 3. The Red Sox were pasted at Fenway last night. Somehow (we can't explain it), the game seemed closer than the 12-2 final score indicated, but you can't really find a silver lining in a cloud this dark. Curt Schilling and the bullpen kept giving up big hits, and the Red Sox kept not getting big hits, which has become a troubling leitmotif all month long. Two runs a game generally......

The Red Sox are back in action. Fenway Park is only days away from the home opener (and scratch tickets) for the 2006 season. What’s it all mean? Time for some Neil Diamond. It’s the eighth inning and the music comes up, the crowd is engaged, Sweet Caroline comes back for a visit – each and every time. We’re not sure but we think that pretty soon this might take over as the song kids......

Where it began, I can't begin to know when But then I know it's growing strongSusan 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......

Enter Bostonist's new contest to win Neil Diamond concert tickets. The man of many classics is coming to the hub this summer on his world tour, and the countdown to the ticket sale is on. If you’re not into camping out in line talk to us, Bostonist happens to have three pairs of tickets to give away! Enter at Bostonist Contest: Neil Diamond Concert. Each pair of tickets (good for a winner and guest)......