Marinerds, etc.

With spring training starting tomorrow, it seems that almost all of the teams have pretty much settled on their slogans for the year, as far as I can tell. Some are funnier than others.

(Also, Spring Training camp locations are on japanesebaseball.com here. I need to inform Jeff Shaw that the nearest training camps to him are the BayStars, Carp, and Dragons, not the Fighters.)

Pacific League

Fighters: 「FANS: Focus, Advance, Nexus Spirit」 （集中、進化、結束）

("Shuuchuu, shinka, kessoku". The latter is more like "union", but whatever.)

Lions: 「心を、ひとつに。力を、ひとつに。」

("Kokoro wo, hitotsu ni. Chikara wo, hitotsu ni." There's no official English version, but it's something to the effect of "One Heart. One Power.")

Hawks: 「めざせ世界一！」

("Mezase sekai ichi!" Again, no official English version, but they've had this slogan for three years now... effectively "Aim to be the best in the world!")

Marines: "All Hands to the Flag！" ～結束、フラッグのために～

("Kessoku, furaggu no tame ni", literally "unite for the flag", referring to the pennant, I assume)

Buffaloes: "One Heart Beat" ～鼓動をひとつに～

("Kodou wo hitotsu ni")

Rakuten: "Think Hard, Win More." ～考えろ。そして勝利を掴め！～

("Kangaeru. Soshite shouri wo tsukame!" literally "think - then seize the victory!")

Central League

Hanshin: "Be the Best For the Fans" ～最高をめざせ！　そしてファンのために！～

("Saikou wo mezase! Soshite fan no tame ni!" literally "aim for the best! For the sake of the fans!")

Yakult: "Let's Make It Happen!"

Yomiuri: "Show the Spirit ～奪回～"

(That last part is pronounced "dakkai" and means "recapture". Technically, dakkai is the slogan, and "show the spirit" is the catchphrase, but whatever.)

Hiroshima: "All-In"

(this was their slogan last year too)

Yokohama: 「なせば成る～Move on～」

("Naseba naru" -- I always thought of that phrase more like "if you put your mind to it, you can do it")

Chunichi doesn't appear to HAVE a slogan for this year. Are they still in Ochiai "オレ竜" mode? ("Ore-ryu", or "my way", but with the pun that the ryu is the kanji for dragon)

Argh, I've had Fighters outfielder Atsunori Inaba's cheer song going through my head since I got to the Rakuten slogan, since the last part of it is "shouri wo tsukami tore".