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2 claps for the Twins fans doing the Ric Flair WOOO!

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Joe Nelson

2 claps for the Twins fans doing the Ric Flair WOOO!
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Twins fans have been stylin' and profilin' with one of nature's most recognizable sounds: Ric Flair's patented "WOOO!"

The Nature Boy's famous expression of sheer excellence has been a constant at Target Field of late, especially in the late innings when it's the only thing you hear between the words coming out of TV announcer Dick Bremer. 

WOOO! WOOO! WOOOOOO! WOO! WOOOO! 

SKOR North radio host Phil Mackey, a giant wrestling fan, can't take it anymore. 

KFAN's Brandon Mileski would rather deal with "The Wave."

It's apparently really disrupting to the radio broadcast on WCCO. 

But as Ric Flair told a Texas sports writer who wanted the WOOO banned in 2018: "The WOOOO will never die." 

And as many people who can't stand nature's most recognizable call, there are just as many kiss stealin', wheelin' dealin', limousine ridin', jet flyin' son of a guns who can't get enough of it. 

The WOO'ing was so intense during Thursday's Twins-White Sox game that it continued long after, with one fan reporting people WOOO'd on the light rail all the way to St. Paul. 

WOOO'ing has been happening at ballparks – both minor leagues and major leagues – all over the country. There have been fans in Cleveland begging the Indians to ban the Ric Flair fun. 

It's also been reported at Busch Stadium, the home of the St. Louis Cardinals. 

The Texas sports writer mentioned above covered the Houston Astros, and his intolerance isn't shared by Houston outfielder Josh Reddick, a big wrestling fan, who loves the WOOO so much that he refers to Houston as "Wooston." 

In Philly, sports writers have called fans doing the WOOO "insufferable." 

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For the record, the Twins are to blame for the WOOO'ing. It was the Twins who just a few years ago began playing the WOOO over the speakers whenever a Twins pitcher struck out a batter at Target Field. It didn't happen often because, you know, Twins pitchers don't get many swings and misses, but if there's anyone to blame it's the Twins. 

And let's not forget that if the WOOO is welcome anywhere, it's here. Flair spent his childhood years being raised in Edina, and was later trained as a wrestler by a Minnesota legend, Verne Gagne. 

With that, the next time a bitter sports talking head tries to end the fun, just give them a 2-clap and send a WOOO! into the air. 

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Joe Nelson
JOE NELSON

Title: Bring Me The Sports co-owner, editor Email: joe@bringmethenews.com Twitter: @JoeBMTN Education: Southwest Minnesota State University Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Expertise: All things Minnesota sports Nelson has covered Minnesota sports for two decades, starting his media career in sports radio. He worked at small market Minnesota stations in Marshall and St. Cloud before joining one of the nation's highest-rated sports stations, KFAN-FM 100.3 in the Twin Cities. There, he was the producer of the top-rated mid-morning sports show with Minnesota Vikings announcer Paul Allen.  His radio experience helped blossom a career as a sports writer, joining Minneapolis-based Bring Me The News in 2011.  Nelson and Adam Uren became co-owners of Bring Me The News in 2018 and have since more than tripled the site's traffic and launched Bring Me The Sports in cooperation with the Sports Illustrated/FanNation umbrella. Nelson has covered the Super Bowl and numerous training camps, NFL combines, the MLB All-Star Game and Minnesota playoff games, in addition to the day-to-day happenings on and off the field of play.  Nelson also has extensive knowledge of non-sports subjects, including news and weather. He works closely with Bring Me The News meteorologist Sven Sundgaard to produce a bevy of weather and climate information for Minnesota readers.  Nelson helped launch and manage the Bring Me The News Radio Network, which provided more than 50 radio stations around Minnesota with daily news, sports and weather reports from 2011-17. 

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