League Punishes Pair for Fighting
After an intense confrontation, both the Railroaders <Taizo Wada:player#8823> and the Spurs <Christiaan van Meel:player#9094> were handed their punishments today. The league commissioner's office issued suspensions for an on-the-field conflict that occurred at a recent <Pennsylvania:team#4>-<Texas:team#73> game. <Taizo Wada:player#8823> will miss 5 games, while <Christiaan van Meel:player#9094> was suspended for 6 games.

"Sometimes we go too far and have to pay the consequences," <Taizo Wada:player#8823> commented later. "Hopefully cooler heads will prevail the next time we play."

In this current campaign <Wada:player#8823> is hitting at a .238 clip with 10 home runs and 36 RBIs.

In 31 starts this season, <van Meel:player#9094> has picked up 11 wins while suffering 11 losses. He has pitched 206.1 innings, allowed 211 hits, struck out 150 and posted a 4.01 ERA.