Seibu Lions fans weren't happy Saturday afternoon and they were letting Chiba Lotte Marines rookie pitcher Takahiro Fujioka feel the brunt of their vitriol.
Fujioka wasn't giving Hiroyuki Nakajima anything to hit, or anything even remotely close to the plate, and each ball he threw sent the majority of the 26,938 in attendance further into a rage.
The position Fujioka was in was not of his doing and wholly untenable. The rookie was simply following orders, and in a position there was no reason to place him in.
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