Watanabe and Rice Suspended 8 Games
<Yosai Watanabe:player#10872> of the <Washington Resonance:team#91> was not happy with <Mike Rice:player#7361>, and his frustration showed when he went after the <California:team#93> player during yesterday's game at The Boom Box. Both benches cleared as they rushed to the aid of their teammates. Order was soon restored as <Watanabe:player#10872> and <Rice:player#7361> were pulled away from each other. They were ejected from the game.

Both players were suspended 8 games by the league office as a result of their tussle.

"It's something that happens in baseball every once in a while," <Watanabe:player#10872> commented later. "We get frustrated with another player and sometimes things go too far. We'll both take our suspensions and then come back ready to play. I got no hard feelings."

This year <Watanabe:player#10872> has hit at a .298 pace and produced 9 RBIs, 3 home runs and scored 8 runs.

This season <Rice:player#7361> has 1 win and 1 loss and a 8.66 ERA.