Fujihara Wins JCL Player of the Week
No single hit brought <Yasuoka Fujihara:player#6989> Player of the Week honors -- the <Chunichi Dragons:team#287> left fielder corralled the award with a consistent approach in every at-bat.

"Hitting is all about discipline," said Fujihara. "When you lose focus, start to lunge at the ball and swing too agressively... swinging at a lot of bad pitches... that's when your average starts to drop and you wind up fighting for playing time. You're most successful when you concentrate on the ball and make 'em throw strikes."

Concentrate he did. <Fujihara:player#6989> stroked 7 hits in 22 at-bats while cranking out 2 home runs, 9 RBIs and 2 runs scored.

For the year <Fujihara:player#6989> is batting .282 with 10 home runs.