Four years in Japan and George Arias says he is finally where he had always longed to be as a player -- at the very top.
"It's been phenomenal. It's times like these we play for," said Hanshin Tigers first baseman Arias of the social impact his team has been creating in Japan of late.
"The (Yomiuri) Giants have always been 'the team' here, and now it's us. I knew we had many fans, but didn't know we had this many," he said before a packed Jingu Stadium on Thursday.