No, your eyes weren’t deceiving you, Jays followers. That was Colonel Sanders behind the plate.
A person trying very very like founding father of KFC, proper down the white go well with, hair, mustache and Van Dyke beard, was seen sitting behind residence plate throughout Saturday night time’s Sport 2 of the World Sequence towards the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The colonel grew to become a viral sensation throughout the sport as followers took to social media, theorizing about who the mysterious man was.
“I can’t inform if final night time was a fever dream or not, however apparently the most important X components in World Sequence Sport 2 had been Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Colonel Sanders and the Jonas Brothers,” posted @BlueJayHunter on X.
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Whereas some X customers speculated it may need been a publicity transfer, others thought the colonel was a pretend.
“Hey hey hey, Temu Colonel Sanders doesn’t depend,” posted @2oldtorocknroll.
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Nonetheless others blamed his look for the Jays loss, referencing the Curse of the Colonel, a Japanese city legend that implies the colonel’s ghost positioned a curse on the Hanshin Tigers baseball workforce.
“Neglect in regards to the Jonas Brothers everyone knows it was the Colonel Sanders curse,” posted @GerryBrown20.
The Jonas Brothers carried out a music after the fifth inning in one other superstar look throughout Saturday’s sport that took some abruptly. The efficiency was introduced the day earlier than.
So who was the person in white behind the plate?
KFC confirmed he was certainly somebody despatched by the corporate to advertise their newly renamed sandwich.
The fast-food chain is altering the title of its “fan-favourite” Zinger Sandwich to the Dinger Sandwich to assist the Jays.
“When the nation’s baseball fever hit new heights, we knew we needed to step as much as the plate with one thing simply as daring,” Azim Akhtar, interim chief advertising and marketing officer with KFC Canada stated. “We determined to vary the title of our iconic Zinger sandwich to the Dinger, as our approach of feeding that Canadian baseball fandom, celebrating the hits, the hype and the moments that convey followers collectively.”
With the highlight shining brightly on the Blue Jays, different firms had been additionally attempting to step in, with Wendy’s responding, cheekily saying “sorry colonel. You’re dangerous luck.”
The Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 5-1 in Sport 2 of the best-of-seven championship. The sequence now shifts to Los Angeles for Sport 3 on Monday night time at Dodger Stadium.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Oct. 26, 2025.
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