Brad Eldred wants to savor every moment of this trip to the Japan Series. From every crack of the bat, every ouendan song and the thwack heard when the ball hits a glove, he wants to remember all of it. It's Eldred's first time here, and he's not taking it for granted.
"It's hard to get here," he said with a smile in the Hiroshima Carp dugout at Mazda Stadium on Sunday. "You never know if you're gonna get back."
That's something Carp fans know all too well.