Major League Baseball and some teams in particular have Opening Day rituals fans can’t wait to enjoy again in 2022. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)
MLB fans can look forward to these 10 Opening Day rituals when the new season begins.
Is there anything like MLB Opening Day? For baseball fans, it’s a national holiday. It signifies so much. It takes us back to our childhoods and reminds us of new beginnings.
Each Opening Day is special but there are some things that stay the same. Every year, there are some MLB Opening Day rituals that help to make it one of the best baseball days of all.
On the one day of the year with baseball games being played where all 30 teams in a first-place tie, these are the ten best MLB Opening Day rituals you can count on seeing this year and every thereafter.
10) MLB Opening Day rituals: Red Sox fans reunite after a long Boston winter with another singing of ‘Sweet Caroline’
Fans of a certain region of the United States can’t help but be reminded of fond memories whenever they hear ‘Sweet Caroline’ play. A Boston Red Sox tradition, Opening Day reunites Bostonians together to sing the Neil Diamond hit.
Throughout the franchise’s turnaround in the last 20 years, singing this song has been a must for everyone at Fenway Park. It became synonymous with epic playoff wins for the club beginning with their end of the curse in 2004.
What makes ‘Sweet Caroline’ such a great MLB Opening Day ritual is that it unites some of the best fans in sports. Red Sox fans are tough but they are.
The song may not be the greatest ever written. Could we really expect everyone to sing along to ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’? This song’s lyrics fit well for the casual music fan who may not remember the words well. As long as you can pitch into the chorus of “Da-Da-Da” and throw in a “So good!” twice, you can participate.