Practice, sign some autographs, attend the pregame team meeting, eat a pizza, take a nap in the clubhouse oxygen tank, then get ready to save the game.

That is the usual daily routine of Yomiuri Giants relief ace Marc Kroon, the closer who is closing in on a series of team and career save records this week and this month.

Saves Nos. 31, 32, 33, 36, 37 and 40 for the 2008 season are the important ones for Kroon whose personal best was 31, racked up last year when he was still pitching for the Yokohama BayStars.