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Eagle-eyed baseball fans spotted a Colonel Sanders lookalike in the stands of Rogers Centre during Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday night.
The Los Angeles Dodgers leveled the seven-game series with a 5-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night.
Among the crowd in Toronto was a man dressed as Colonel Sanders, the late entrepreneur who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken.
The fan sat behind home plate in a white suit and black bow tie. He also sported a white goatee and it seems his costume was no coincidence.
Other MLB fans speculated that it was an attempt to throw some Dodgers stars off their game because Colonel Sanders is a mythical figure in Japanese baseball.
The 'Curse of the Colonel' is a Japanese legend that claims the ghost of Sanders cursed the Hanshin Tigers - one of the country's oldest professional clubs - as revenge for throwing his statue in a canal.
Eagle-eyed baseball fans spotted a Colonel Sanders lookalike in the stands of Rogers Centre
Colonel Sanders was the late entrepreneur who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken
Pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto inspired the Los Angeles Dodgers to victory in Game 2
Los Angeles has three Japanese players on its roster: two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto - the starting pitcher in Game 2 - and Roki Sasaki.
None played for the Tigers but the 'curse' dates back to 1985, when Hanshin made its first Japan Series in 1985.
Celebrations on the streets of Osaka culminated in fans grabbing a statue of Sanders and throwing it into the canal.
Hanshin went on to win the Japan Series in 1985 but the Tigers then endured a 38-year championship drought which only ended in 2023.
Unfortunately for Blue Jays fans, the Sanders lookalike could not prevent the Dodgers - inspired by Yamamoto - from securing a 5-1 win.
