Dennis Sarfate showed up early to practice on his day off.
After recording the save in the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' thrilling 4-3 win over the Yokohama BayStars in Game 2 of the Japan Series, Sarfate and his father, who is in Japan to watch the series, flew to Kanto ahead of the rest of the Hawks on Monday. Sarfate then ended up arriving at Yokohama Stadium for practice long before the rest of his teammates.
"They told me I could have the day off, but I said no," Sarfate said. "No way, not at this time of the year."