So Bad! So Bad! Sweet Caroline's Comes to Boylston

The potential apex of nauseating Red Sox commercialization has come to the Boylston street space formerly occupied by Fenway Cantina. Sweet Caroline's sits across from overpriced Jerry Remy’s and down the block from the annoyingly themed Epcot Center Landsdowne Street. Like Jerry Remy's and El Tiante, Sweet Caroline's is a Red Sox namesake, but this is different. This is the first time a false Henry Group-created tradition has spawned a shitty Fenway bar.


 At some point, The Henry Group began playing this song at games to create some bullshit tradition, which apparently worked, and now there’s one more awful place for the Midwestern tourists to include in their Boston slide show. Also, who the fuck likes that song? The whole stadium claps like idiots but they don't know who's pitching, it's miserable. I have to root against these business ventures, but they're unfortunately tied to the success of the Red Sox, so I'm not quite sure what to do. Obviously, this business plan assumes a continued rise in Red Sox interest and attendance, which depends on more winning seasons, and nothing in professional sports is a guarantee. Actually, the Red Sox demand has decreased due to their unbearable players and the rise of the Bruins. I always want the Sox to win, but I don’t know how many more boardroom-generated Red Sox gimmicks I can take before I stop rooting all together. It started after 2004 with "Red Sox Stories" and now you can actually buy a Fenway with your name on it. Other memorabilia includes a gallon of old Fenway Frank water for $300 or the chance to clean the Fenway Toilets for $3,000. You'd do it if you were a real fan! Spending hard-earned money to benefit a creepy old billionaire is a shit move.

 The Red Sox are over-commercialized and almost played-out. Sweet Caroline's is one more place with $5 bud-light aluminum bottles, mediocre food served on square plates, and overpriced crap for people that mortgaged their house for Red Sox tickets. Check out some advertising masked as journalism here...