The Homer Hanky HAD to make a comeback for this Twins team

October 1, 2019 at 5:46AM
Tom Brunansky (at left) and Kent Hrbek (right) wave their Homer Hankies and enjoy the homecoming celebration at the Humphrey Metrodome for the Minnesota Twins, Monday Oct 12, 1987, after the Twins returned to town as the 1987 American League champs. Associated Press (AP) photo by Larry Salzman.
Tom Brunansky, left, and Kent Hrbek waved their Homer Hankys at a homecoming celebration at the Metrodome in October 1987 after the Twins returned to town as American League champs. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Get those arms loose, Twins fans. The Homer Hanky is back.

The Star Tribune announced Monday it will release the 2019 version of its three-decades-old fan-favorite this week. The Twins play their first playoff game Friday in New York against the Yankees. The series comes to Target Field on Monday for Game 3.

Dreamed up in 1987 by a Star Tribune marketing team led by Terrie Robbins, the Homer Hanky became part of the (soft, white) fabric of that unforgettable World Series run. The Hanky made several returns after that, in 1991 and a few times in the 2000s as well.

And this week, it's coming back — with a twist. Who says Homer Hankys always have to be white? (Hint, hint.)

And, really, has a baseball team ever deserved a Homer Hanky more than this one? They just finished bashing a Major League Baseball record 307 home runs.

Details on how to get a Homer Hanky, and what the 2019 version looks like, will be released later this week. Stay tuned, while you stretch out your arm muscles.

Chris Carr, sports editor

October 11, 1987 Rosemary Nally of Methodist Hospital held babies adorned with Homer Hankies. From left, Karen Aderhold, Joseph Parpart and Ryan Koubsky. Newborn babies at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park aren’t waving them yet, but they’re still all wrapped up in the madness surrounding the hottest piece of clotl in the Twin Cities. “I got my hanky, so I thought the babies should have them, too,” said nurse Ros
How big was the Homer Hanky in 1987? Rosemary Nally of Methodist Hospital showed how the hospital was wrapping babies with Minnesota’s favorite piece of cloth. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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