JoeSportsFan

Let's be honest - stadium give-aways suck.

Most fall into one of the two categories...

1.) Stupid toys, available for kids 15 years old and younger.

2.) Stupid toys, with corporate sponsors plastered all over them, available for adults 21 and older

Before we get started - our group of established fan hunters may have just realized that stadium giveaways are biased for human beings between the ages of 15 and 21.  Not cool.

Anyway...one stadium give-away that serves a minor functional purpose is the rally towel.  The rally towel usually only makes an appearance at special events, or the post-season...so it immediately jumps to the top of stadium give-aways because of its association with potentially great events.  More importantly, if the event goes poorly, you can always dip it in your beer and heave it 20 rows downwind.

Long story short, the lifespan of the rally towel usually ends when the game is over.  Sometimes the rally towel is reincarnated as a dusting towel, oil rag, or stashed in the trunk of your car for emergency toilet paper.

But one fan in Los Angeles has become the beacon for rally towel survival - keeping rally towels alive in their natural habitat, allowing them to live and breath amongst the survival of their fellow brethren, as a homemade rally towel shirt.

rallytowelshirtguy.jpg
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Gregory, July 29, 2008 09:07 AM
I wish we could have a frontal view of this clown. His mustache looks to be amazing.
kegler804, July 29, 2008 08:07 AM
Here is another incarnation of the rally towel: Wiping off your bowling ball between frames.
Ernest, July 29, 2008 07:07 AM
So...a Dodgers game where the stands are half-empty? Derek Lowe must have a no-hitter going in the 7th inning.
pummel horse , July 29, 2008 06:07 AM
Dork
That Dude, July 29, 2008 04:07 AM
His sermon hand also looks to be transparent. That is one mystical, towel wearing man.
Jason, July 29, 2008 03:07 AM
is that two L.A. Fans in a row? We may have a challenger for St. Louis.
bk, July 29, 2008 01:07 AM
I like how he has his hand positioned as if he is delivering a sermon. A sermon on the philosophy of the dirty towel shirt.
Patrick, July 28, 2008 05:07 PM
Is that man or woman in the wife beater pregnant?

Pat Patnum

Against family wishes, Putnam gave up baseball to chase his dream of becoming WWF champion. After a successful tryout, he was jobbed out on 23 consecutive episodes of Saturday morning Superstars.

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