World Series Open Thread: It's Always Poultry In Philadelphia
We (most likely) bid farewell to the 2009 season with this absurd tableau of a gentleman in a chicken suit, a sad Tigger and a clutch of Citizens Bank Park security guards, beseeching them to kindly settle the fuck down.
First pitch is in an hour or so. Please use this as your open thread. A new era of Yankee exceptionalism begins presently. I can't wait!
Photo by Stephanie Wei
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