September 9, 200520 yr So, I was checking out Japanese baseball today and I came across this description, at Wikipedia, of Japan's "cursed" team: As with many other baseball teams, a curse is believed to lurk over the Tigers. After their 1985 Japan Series win, fans celebrated by having people who looked like Tigers players jump into the Dotonbori Canal. According to legend, because none of the fans resembled first baseman Randy Bass, fans grabbed a life-sized statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot Colonel Sanders and threw it into the river (like Bass, the Colonel had a beard and was not Japanese). The statue was never recovered. The Tigers are therefore doomed to never win again until the Colonel is rescued from the river. And, furtheremore: In 2003, when the Tigers returned to the Japan Series after 18 years with one of the worst records in the Central League, many KFC outlets moved their Colonel Sanders statues inside until the series was over to protect them from rabid Tigers fans. Interesting taht they should make the playoffs in 2003.
September 11, 200520 yr QUOTE(Spiff @ Sep 11, 2005 -> 08:54 AM) KFC is good but its so overpriced. The Snackers are great and only a $1.00. otherwise, it is a little pricey.
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