Sweet Caroline Not Dead Yet?

“I liked it,” said Rob Hoffman, who is in the Air National Guard and originally from West Hampton Beach, L.I., about the switch, “because I am also a Red Sox fan. I think that is their song.”

SaidAlex QuirozofUnion City,N.J.: “I liked ‘Meet the Mets’ better. When I hear ‘Sweet Caroline,’ I think of theBoston Red Sox. That’s their song. With ‘Meet the Mets,’ it’s about our team.”

A Mets official downplayed the tune swap, saying: “We never specified an eighth-inning sing-along for the entirety of the season.”