Please observe the new fish mascot in the Nippon Professional Baseball league
The Chiba Lotte Marines of the Nippon Professional Baseball league recently introduced a new mascot to their fans. It's basically a giant fish ... with legs. Although sometimes it doesn't have legs and prefers to swim across the turf. You think running on turf is difficult? Try swimming!
ロッテの新キャラ魚くん pic.twitter.com/axum9oUqOO
— サカタ?レン (@marinesexprees) May 28, 2017
When it does have legs, it dances like an angel across the outfield. An angel in the outfield. An angelfish in the outfield:
— Steve@ロッテを優勝させるぞ！！ (@lovelovemarines) May 31, 2017
Other times it prefers to "sit dazed in the corner." Stare into its fish mouth, live inside its fish soul.
試合後、グラウンドの片隅に放心状態の魚を見つけました。(広報) #chibalotte pic.twitter.com/LxmXyVBtN3
— 千葉ロッテマリーンズ公式アカウント (@Chiba_Lotte) May 30, 2017
Either way, we, and fans, have taken a liking to the fish -- a newcomer that joins the ranks of the Marines' trio of bird mascots. Hopefully they take it in as one of their own. And hopefully, someday, it meets up with the 1,876-year-old pear mascot to form a mascot super team that travels the world, dancing atop dugouts and dominating on diamonds everywhere.
