The Hiroshima Carp have strived for the moment for 25 years, and their fans are full of emotion about the team's long-awaited league championship.
On Saturday night, the Hiroshima Carp finally sealed the deal, winning their first Central League pennant since 1991 with a 6-4 win over the Yomiuri Giants at Tokyo Dome.
Hideki Fukushima, a Carp fan and Hiroshima native who now owns an okonomiyaki restaurant called "Kinsaiya" in Nagoya, paused for a few seconds, looking for the right words to describe his thoughts on the championship.
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