preston@fortune.UUCP (Carol Preston) (09/18/84)
> "The Wave" finally came to Ohio Stadium during the Ohio State - Washington St. > game, but I believe a new twist to "The Wave" was started. As the first wave > reached about half way around the stadium, a second wave was started and > there were two waves going around at once. Anyone else seen this before? Yawn. Boring. I went to a number of Tiger games this year. After a while you can really get tired of "The Wave". Anyway I've been at games when there were 4 going at once, 2 going in opposite directions, and even a "Slow Motion" wave (you stood up really slow) although that one never made it around the whole stadium. These were done in both the upper and lower decks at the same time, although sometimes they get a little out of sync. When "The Wave" got boring, the "bleacher creatures" would divide into 2 groups and yell yell "great taste" or "less filling" at each other. Sometimes almost the entire crowd (40000+) would flap there hands like a bird, or make other animated (not obscene) gestures that looked really wild when you see the whole stadium do it. Of course the "bleacher creatures" would always start it up. I sure has been a great year for Detroit. Too bad I had to move. I had to give up my tickets for the September Baltimore and Toronto series. I bought them in almost 3 months ahead of time, and the best I could get was in the upper deck in right field. They weren't too hard to sell, though. -- Carol Preston {sri-unix, amd, hpda, harpo, ihnp4, allegra}!fortune!preston (415) 594-2891 Fortune Systems, 101 Twin Dolphin Pkwy, Redwood Shores, CA 94065
douglas@noscvax.UUCP (Douglas S. Dickerson) (09/19/84)
My father has commented that multiple waves are relatively common at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. I did not see multiples at the one game I attended, but different waves were going simultaneously in the upper and lower decks. Another variation he mentioned was simultaneous waves in opposite directions. Doug Dickerson douglas@nosc sdcsvax!noscvax!douglas