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Some major news out of Coca-Cola Field yesterday afternoon: It's #ElectionDay . So, help us fill out this ballot! We're taking submissions for @BisonsCelery 's replacement in 18! https://t.co/4s0zKW3YrU pic.twitter.com/8srGm50TZX — Buffalo Bisons (@BuffaloBisons) November 7, 2017 That's right. It turns out the Bisons' Wing-Cheese-Celery (WCC) Race will remain a four-character club. After Celery's retirement this past August, the team will let the people decide who will take its place alongside Bleu Cheese, Atomic Wing, and Chicken Wing. As passionate as people were about Celery, you've got to believe there will be some major divides as people play up their favorite replacement character. Several people have also astutely pointed out that a new character will force the race to find a new name, lest it become a misnomer. So... who should get the promotion? I've put together a list of the top 24 candidates, and ranked them from the least pr...

In a town notorious for losers, Buffalo's most loveable one is retiring. After seven years of fruitless efforts against Chicken Wing, and Atomic Wing, and Bleu Cheese in the WCC Race, Celery’s long-awaited retirement date has finally arrived. 🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 @BisonsCelery 's official statement. Announces its retirement following 2017 season. pic.twitter.com/TbLaBEcmQs — Buffalo Bisons (@BuffaloBisons) September 2, 2016 Celery, the quiet one of the bunch, has raced more than 440 times without ever crossing the finish line first. The anthropomorphized gender-neutral vegetable has come close, but even when things are looking good, fate intervenes and keeps it from capturing that tantalizing first W. Fan Appreciation Night, 2016: 2012 Triple-A All Star Game: People have written that tonight’s race will be the 450th in Celery’s career, but the stats page on the Bisons’ website only accounts for official WCC wins – not losses, re-races, ti...