Present day Rally towel

1 present day

1.1 baseball
1.2 basketball
1.3 football
1.4 hockey
1.5 other

present day

steelers fans wave rally towels @ heinz field – october 15, 2006

today, rally towels seen in 4 major american sports leagues (mlb, nba, nfl, , nhl). have been seen in mls. mlb teams use rally towels now.

baseball

the first rally towel, used in major league baseball (mlb) homer hanky (a handkerchief printed twins logo) of minnesota twins. gained popularity throughout 1987 pennant race promotional item created minneapolis-star tribune. twins later go on win 1987 world series. homer hanky has been present in every twins playoff run since, including during twins victory in 1991 world series.

during 2010 mlb postseason, 5 of 8 teams in playoffs had rally towels. 2 teams in 2010 world series, san francisco giants , texas rangers, both had rally towels. giants had orange rally rags , game 2, while rangers used red, white, , blue rally towels games 3, 4, , 5, of home games in arlington. first world series both teams had rally towels since 2006 world series.

in baseball, teams use rally towels common hand out besides twins colorado rockies, detroit tigers, philadelphia phillies, , st. louis cardinals. toronto blue jays hand out rally towels part of fan fridays promotion, inaugurated in 2010. along giants , rangers, cincinnati reds started in 2010.

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basketball

few nba teams have rally towels. significant team towels cleveland cavaliers. fans used them in playoffs, including when lebron james returned quicken loans arena member of miami heat. heat, rally towels given during playoff runs phrase white hot . other teams include oklahoma city thunder , boston celtics. 2011 nba champions dallas mavericks gave out towels during first-round series against blazers, , in western conference finals series against thunder during championship run in 2011. grizzlies, pacers, , 76ers came use in 2011.

football

in national football league (american football), seattle seahawks use rally towels part of 12th-man saga. in 2010, 12th-man rally towels given out. chicago bears, dallas cowboys, indianapolis colts, minnesota vikings, new england patriots, new york giants, , philadelphia eagles hand out rally towels in playoffs.

hockey

towel power in vancouver during canucks 2007 nhl playoffs

the nhl has many teams use rally towels. penguins use them during white-out games in playoffs. blackhawks used red towels majority of 2009 playoff run , 2010 playoffs ended when won cup. stars use them in playoffs, when won stanley cup in 1999. mighty ducks, ducks referred towels fowl towels . ducks towels orange. devils, sharks, bruins, red wings, canadiens, senators, kings, , rangers have rally towels. first team used rally towels in hockey in 1982 vancouver canucks. canucks fans use term towel power describe waving of rally towels fans.

other

in other sports, rally towels used. in major league soccer (mls), rally towels never used because of popularity of scarves. rally towel made rare appearance in 2010 mls playoffs, when real salt lake gave rally towels fans during semi-final match against fc dallas. towels did not team, fc dallas won in aggregate , went way mls cup final. used in minor leagues well. college teams use rally towels. texas a&m began using 12th man towels in 1985 12th man kickoff team boost student support @ kyle field. tcu gave rally towels fans of horned frogs in pasadena, when tcu defeated bcs , won rose bowl on wisconsin on january 1, 2011. south carolina , lsu known give fans rally towels. michigan wolverines give towels students rivalry games.