Who invented the wave

As we go or have gone to sporting events this summer we probably ask ourselves the same question at every event.

Just why exactly do people get so excited to start a wave? Sometimes fans at baseball games start booing for apparently no reason at all. Then you notice some section didn't take part in the wave.

Shame on them.

Why do we do the wave? Why don't we do the wave in class? Wouldn't it be hilarious to just start the wave during a psychology lecture?

Do we do the wave because we are bored? Do we take part in it because we want to be like everyone else? (maybe this could be a psychology experiment on human behavior)
Is it for the exercise?

Does starting a successful wave make you feel like you have actually accomplished something in your life?

"So Bob did you finish your report for me yet?"

"No Sir, but I did start the wave at the game last night"

Sometimes at baseball games I think that the people sitting around me are so much more concerned about starting a wave than anything else. Like I wonder sometimes if people spend $40 on tickets just so they can spend 3 hours trying to start a successful wave.

Anyway I think I was asked at the Red Sox vs Yankees game about who started the wave, because I think that was the last event that I was at that I remember having a wave.

I think I said, "I'm pretty sure it was some weird guy from California." I don't know if I said Hippy, but that is what I pictured and remembered in my mind.

Now I will find out if I was right about that. Here is what I found after googling "Who invented the wave"

Well apparently it was this guy:

http://www.krazygeorge.com/

Krazy George Henderson. Apparently it was started in California at an A's game, although disputes have arisen about it's origin.

If you want to read about the controversy for some reason here is Crazy George's version...

http://www.krazygeorge.com/indexFS.html

...as for the hippy part...I have no idea, but he is a Professional Cheerleader, aka what Ryan Marciel Grace will be if he fails at broadcasting.