{"id":18387,"date":"2012-08-27T12:53:03","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T16:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=18387"},"modified":"2012-08-27T12:53:03","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T16:53:03","slug":"no-more-sweet-caroline-at-penn-state-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/08\/no-more-sweet-caroline-at-penn-state-games\/","title":{"rendered":"No more Sweet Caroline at Penn State games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altoonamirror.com\/page\/content.detail\/id\/563707\/Tweaking-the-tradition.html\">Tweaking the tradition<\/a> &#8211; <em>Altoona Mirror<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>And while the Boston Red Sox, Pitt football and others have elevated &#8220;Sweet Caroline&#8221; to a staple for their games, that popular PSU tradition may be interrupted or discontinued.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Long overdue, particularly considering the <em>awful<\/em> origins of the song:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/x692ix_neil-diamond-storytellers_fun\"><\/iframe><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x692ix_neil-diamond-storytellers_fun\" target=\"_blank\">Neil Diamond Storytellers<\/a> <i>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/JimGoodwine\" target=\"_blank\">JimGoodwine<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Okay, in the real world, I&#8217;m glad they are getting rid of it because it is a cliche that has nothing to do with the Penn State. Not that it has anything to do with the Red Sox, but they&#8217;ve made it their own long before Guido D&#8217;Elia brought it to Beaver Stadium. I&#8217;m sure it still gets played at the Shandygaff.<\/p>\n<p>I still have a post to write about everything. Not real eager to do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweaking the tradition &#8211; Altoona Mirror And while the Boston Red Sox, Pitt football and others have elevated &#8220;Sweet Caroline&#8221; to a staple for their games, that popular PSU tradition may be interrupted or discontinued. 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