Yoshiyuki Kamei trotted into the interview space with an ecstatic expression on his face, as if he still couldn't believe what had happened moments before.
"I finally got one, I finally got one," he said, referring to his ninth-inning game-tying solo homer, after Thursday's Game 5 of the Japan Series in which the Yomiuri Giants edged the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 3-2 on a sayonara victory.
It was Shinnosuke Abe who took the plaudits by hitting the game-winning homer. But Kamei's first-pitch solo dinger beforehand changed the momentum at Tokyo Dome, setting the stage for Abe's shot.