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Toyoda and Fukuda Suspended for Free-for-All Thursday, March 17th, 2033 In an announcement today, the league informed Tetsuya Toyoda of Chunichi and Yoshikazu Fukuda of Hiroshima Toyo that they both had been suspended 10 games for fighting in a recent game. The league president told them, "This type of aggressive behavior will not be tolerated in this league." Toyoda wasn't happy with the length of his suspension. He thought he got the worst deal and told the league commissioner, "In any fight, whoever throws the first punch should get a more severe penalty. If I threw the first punch, I'd expect to get the most punishment. Whoever took the blow should get a lesser punishment." His manager agreed with him and said something needs to be done about it. "Toyoda is right. The league needs to look at its policy and make sure the punishment fits the crime." To date Toyoda has chalked up a .306 average with 14 home runs, driven in 39 runs and scored 35 times. So far this year Fukuda has made 20 relief appearances with no saves, thrown 35.2 innings and struck out 38 with a 0-3 record. |
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