Baseball fans watching Game 2 of the World Series got more than just home runs and strikeouts Saturday night — they got a glimpse of what looked like Colonel Sanders himself sitting right behind home plate.
As the Los Angeles Dodgers tied up the series with a convincing 5–1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre, viewers couldn’t help but notice a mysterious man in a crisp white suit, black bow tie, and signature white goatee — a near-perfect doppelgänger of the Kentucky Fried Chicken founder.
Social media erupted almost instantly. “Why is Colonel Sanders watching the Dodgers?” one fan posted on X, while others joked that maybe he was scouting pitchers for the next secret recipe.
But as the night went on, the sighting took a more superstitious turn.It turns out, the appearance of “Colonel Sanders” might not have been a simple Halloween costume or publicity stunt. Some baseball diehards believe it was an intentional nod — or warning — tied to one of Japan’s most famous sports legends: The Curse of the Colonel.
Opposing Views homeHomeEntertainmentPhotos Of Justin Bieber With Baby Son Spark Outrage After Fans Spot This Small DetailPhotos Of Justin Bieber With Baby Son Spark Outrage After Fans Spot This Small DetailRead MorePhoto From The World Series Goes Viral After People Spot Unexpected DetailRuth KamauNov 3, 2025Baseball fans watching Game 2 of the World Series got more than just home runs and strikeouts Saturday night — they got a glimpse of what looked like Colonel Sanders himself sitting right behind home plate.As the Los Angeles Dodgers tied up the series with a convincing 5–1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre, viewers couldn’t help but notice a mysterious man in a crisp white suit, black bow tie, and signature white goatee — a near-perfect doppelgänger of the Kentucky Fried Chicken founder.Social media erupted almost instantly. “Why is Colonel Sanders watching the Dodgers?” one fan posted on X, while others joked that maybe he was scouting pitchers for the next secret recipe. But as the night went on, the sighting took a more superstitious turn.It turns out, the appearance of “Colonel Sanders” might not have been a simple Halloween costume or publicity stunt. Some baseball diehards believe it was an intentional nod — or warning — tied to one of Japan’s most famous sports legends: The Curse of the Colonel.For the uninitiated, the “curse” dates back nearly four decades. In 1985, after Japan’s Hanshin Tigers won the Japan Series, ecstatic fans in Osaka celebrated by tossing a statue of Colonel Sanders into a nearby canal. The act was meant to honor an American player on the team who resembled the fast-food icon, but it backfired spectacularly.
What followed was 38 long years of heartbreak for Hanshin. The Tigers failed to win another championship until 2023 — and locals long believed their misfortune stemmed from the Colonel’s watery revenge.
So when a Sanders lookalike showed up during a game featuring not one, but three Japanese stars on the Dodgers’ roster — Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki — fans immediately connected the dots.
“Someone’s trying to mess with the Dodgers’ mojo,” one fan joked online. Another quipped, “This is the baseball version of a ghost story.”Whether superstition or sheer coincidence, the Dodgers didn’t seem too rattled. Yamamoto, who started Game 2, was in top form, keeping the Blue Jays’ bats quiet and leading Los Angeles to a decisive 5–1 win to even the series.
The Sanders impersonator, meanwhile, remained stoic throughout the night — calmly watching pitches fly as cameras and fans alike zoomed in on his every move.
If his goal was to curse the Dodgers, it clearly didn’t work. But one thing’s certain: baseball’s strangest good-luck charm — or bad omen, depending on your team — just made the World Series a lot more entertaining.