http://puckettspond.com/2012/07/04/baseball-and-the-open-road-part-4-turner-field/ A Minnesota Twins Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 30 Mar 2013 02:06:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://puckettspond.com/2012/07/04/baseball-and-the-open-road-part-4-turner-field/comment-page-1/#comment-287630 Nate: Legend of the Arctic Thu, 05 Jul 2012 05:58:15 +0000 http://puckettspond.com/?p=7606#comment-287630 Paul, I am old enough to remember the 1987 and 1991 Series, and the Twins did have something similar to the Tomahawk Chop. We had the Homer Hanky. It may not seem like much, but when 50,000 people crammed into the white-roofed Dome, and they all waved white hankies, it made things pretty tough for the opposing team.   I think the Pittsburgh Steelers were actually the first to come up with a gimmick like that. They had the Terrible Towels back when they were in the Super Bowls in the 70s. Paul, I am old enough to remember the 1987 and 1991 Series, and the Twins did have something similar to the Tomahawk Chop. We had the Homer Hanky. It may not seem like much, but when 50,000 people crammed into the white-roofed Dome, and they all waved white hankies, it made things pretty tough for the opposing team.
 
I think the Pittsburgh Steelers were actually the first to come up with a gimmick like that. They had the Terrible Towels back when they were in the Super Bowls in the 70s.

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