The two the most amazing moments in sports history

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

9/20/01 - Fenway park fans sing along to Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York."

4/16/13 - Yankee stadium fans sing along to "Sweet Caroline"

[Sunstroke]

I think it's nice and warm/fuzzy and all, but if I am listing the "most amazing moments in sports history," pretty much all of them have at least one athlete involved.

[Phishfan]

Yea, touching sure but amazing doesn't fit the bill. Most amazing is incredible overstated. I liken this to the Jesus written on paper experiment. It is just a song guys. No big deal.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Obviously from an athletic standpoint it isn't amazing. 

But this is like Ohio playing Michigan's fight song.

 

[MaineDolFan]

I agree with Hoodie a little.  It does come into "sports" a little.  At a hockey game, the first thing you think of when a goal is score is the horn and whatever signature song the home team plays.  The sounds of the team become a fabric of the team and the event. 

The Yankees have been playing "New York, New York" by 'ol blue eyes forever after a win.  Red Sox fans have suffered through the song during games that don't matter, such as ones in April, or games in October after Boone's shot off Wakefield to send the Yankees to the World Series.  "New York, New York" immediately flooded from the PA system into Yankee stadium that night, and every night, after a Yankees win. 

Fenway has their own song, "Dirty Water" by The Standells.  The second the last out of a win is recorded at Fenway (and a win at a Bruins and Celtics game, actually), the first notes of this song is heard.  The remaining fans in the stands sing along.  The Yankees' theme song after a win, being played by their arch "enemy" in Boston.  It was special as hell.

Home field advantage is a real thing.  Playing at Fenway is special.  Playing at Yankee stadium is as well.  Try speaking to the person next to you at the Garden during a Bruin playoff game.  It ain't happening, too loud in the building.  The fans are part of the event, the music is as well.

After 9/11 the Red Sox played "New York, New York" after a win.  Fenway, packed to the rafters as it normally is, sang along to the song to it's end.

Another Fenway feature is "Sweet Caroline."  Why, I don't know.  There is nothing more enjoyable in the 8th inning of an ass thrashing than singing along to this song.  However, in baseball, this is a Boston thing.  The Yankees wouldn't dream of touching it, matter of fact it's widely laughed at for the reason I just outlined ~ Fenway plays it "rain or shine (winning or losing).  Yankee fans at Fenway are known to either boo the entire time or just not participate.

So to have a piece of Fenway in Yankee stadium for a night, during a game - and having the fans partake in it (and be loud), it was special.  It's not "the catch" or "the drive."  But a "sporting event" doesn't need to take place on the field to qualify as such.

[Brian Fein]

I heard some dumb dumb lady on the radio this morning doing a "news" report that said that "Sweet Caroline" downloads were at an all time high since the "Red Sox made it a tribute song for the Boston Marathon bombing."

I wanted to smack her for her irresponsible journalism.  People who don't know jack about sports tradition shouldn't be reporting about it.

[Phishfan]

Maine being special is still worlds away from being the most amazing moment in sports history. Yea for both cities. They played a song that is part of ther rivals culture. It still doesn't rank as the most amazing moment. Really I don't think anyone outside of fans of those organizations really even cared it happened other than to say it is a nice tribute.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I heard some dumb dumb lady on the radio this morning doing a "news" report that said that "Sweet Caroline" downloads were at an all time high since the "Red Sox made it a tribute song for the Boston Marathon bombing."

I wanted to smack her for her irresponsible journalism.  People who don't know jack about sports tradition shouldn't be reporting about it.

Of all the irresponsible journalism, that one was worse example of it.  Not CNN reporting that a suspect was in custody when he wasn't.  Not the Post putting the photos of two innocent high school students on the front page? 

This had to be the funniest of the media's goofs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgoaoK7eenw

[AZ Fins Fan 55]

This had to be the funniest of the media's goofs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgoaoK7eenw

Are you fucking kidding me.....what a dumbass. I sometimes wonder how these people get jobs....

[Brian Fein]

^^ I saw that when it happened.  Susan Candiotti is a former South Florida anchor.  She's way too old to be on TV.