I"m not exactly sure why I thought to bring this up now, it's a stadium/ballpark/arena trend that has been going on for a long time. For whatever reason the orange towels given to Giants fans at AT&T Park during this World Series look particularly ugly to me. But that's not even my point. I just don't understand the appeal of swinging the towel as a fan.I've been to countless games as a Celtics season ticket holder (including the NBA Finals) in which free towels were handed out, but I've never once had the urge to waive them above my head. I think the reason for this is three-fold:
1. If you're swinging a towel you can't clap, which seems like a much more effective form a crowd support in my opinion (now if they were noise-making towels it'd be a different story, but don't get me started on thundersticks and things of that nature...).
2. It's really uncomfortable. Go into your kitchen/bathroom, grab a hand towel, and twirl it over your head for two minutes. Tell me your arm doesn't hurt (not to mention the "uncomfort" of being hit in the face with a towel by the person in front of you).
3. When everybody is holding towels over the heads, nobody can see the game as well.
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