Ganbarou Tohoku, Ganbarou Nihon
It’s rare that I’ll include an image in an NPB Tracker post, much less a copyrighted one, but I’ll make an exception for this.
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles will be wearing this patch on their uniforms this season, recalling the 1995 Orix Blue Wave Ganbarou Kobe patch. Translated to English, this patch says “ganbarou Tohoku”, meaning “do your best Tohoku.”
The rest of the league will be wearing a “ganbarou Nippon” version on their helmets:
