SAPPORO -- In the post-game beer fight, Atsunori Inaba was filled with joy, carrying a big bag filled with booze on his back and spraying it at his teammates.

News photo The Fighters' Atsunori Inaba raises his fist in the air after hitting a solo home run in Hokkaido Nippon Ham's Japan Series-clinching win at Sapporo Dome on Thursday. KYODO PHOTO

But no matter how much beer he poured into his mouth, he never got drunk. Because it was something he was familiar with.