Lions Bermudez and Athletics Chapman Suspended for Fight
After an intense confrontation, both the Lions <Chris Bermudez:player#9528> and the Athletics <Bill Chapman:player#11965> were handed their punishments today. The league commissioner's office issued suspensions for an on-the-field conflict that occurred at a recent <Kentucky:team#7>-<New Jersey:team#80> game. <Chris Bermudez:player#9528> will miss 4 games, while <Bill Chapman:player#11965> was suspended for 9 games.

"Sometimes we go too far and have to pay the consequences," <Chris Bermudez:player#9528> commented later. "Hopefully cooler heads will prevail the next time we play."

<Bermudez:player#9528> has collected 78 hits for the <Lions:team#7> this year, 23 of them home runs. He has also netted 51 RBIs and scored 49 runs while batting .227. 

This year <Chapman:player#11965> has gone 3-14 with an ERA of 4.47 and has 89 strikeouts in 135 innings.