The Mexican Wave?

by Oddibee on Aug 11, 2011 11:43 AM CDT

The Rangers and their wave-fighting is getting global press. The Guardian, a well-known newspaper from the UK, has an article about the wave, with quotes from Chuck Morgan (it refers to him as the club's announcer).

Guardian Article

What I found really interesting, though, was the name -- the "Mexican Wave". From the article:

"But behind the humour lies a serious push from some fans to eliminate Mexican waves, so named because they came to prominence during the 1986 football World Cup there."

Has anyone else ever heard this called the "Mexican Wave"?

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Never heard it called that

I thought the Mexican Wave was something completely different…

by Anonymous New Guy on Aug 11, 2011 11:54 AM CDT reply actions

I think I did the "Mexican Wave" with a couple of lantino babes in college.

by death of the cool on Aug 11, 2011 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions

To be fair

It would be them doing the Mexican wave going up and down

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by boomer1 on Aug 11, 2011 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions

latina?

What is a lantino babe?

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by Black Francis on Aug 11, 2011 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Trans?

by Closure GT on Aug 11, 2011 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes...

I think most countries outside of North America call it the Mexican wave.

by coolaid on Aug 11, 2011 12:22 PM CDT reply actions

Mexican Wave

It’s called that in Europe mostly because the first time many people over there saw the wave was during the ’86 World Cup in Mexico.

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by stopthewave on Aug 11, 2011 12:36 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 2 recs

They need to get out more often then.

by boomer1 on Aug 11, 2011 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm pretty sure I saw it in Arlington Stadium before 1986

In fact I think there was a light beer commercial with the wave. And to answer your question, no, I have never heard it called the Mexican Wave before.

by Philar on Aug 11, 2011 1:33 PM CDT reply actions