Quentin to Miss Eight Games, Grienke to Miss Eight WEEKS

Carlos Quentin broke Zack Grienke's collarbone when he attacked him Thursday night on the baseball field. Quentin was given a $3000 fine and an eight game suspension, Grienke, will miss EIGHT WEEKS of the season after having surgery. Baseball also ruled that Greinke did nothing wrong.

If it were me, I would suspend Quentin for the rest of the season and take away his entire salary for the year. What he did was assault, and if this had happened anywhere other than the baseball field, he would be doing some jail time. It's time baseball started treating incidents like this as a crime.

We've all seen the public service announcements lately that tell us that it's NEVER right for a man to strike a woman. I agree with that. But somehow, subtly, we as a society keep saying that it's okay for men to hit men. I personally believe in equal protection under the law. IF men shouldn't hit women, they shouldn't hit MEN either. Let's stop the violence completely instead of saying that ONE thing is unacceptable while allowing the other to continue. Let's take it a couple of steps further as well. Should women be allowed to strike other women?  Should women be allowed to hit men? Domestic violence works BOTH WAYS. Stop pretending that men have this macho right to get in fights as long as it's with other men. What irritates me the most is that it's usually the muscle-bound bully who picks the fight with the scrawny kid. I think it's hilarious that we say bullying is wrong with kids but we let adults WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER get away with it.

I reminds me of those dumb TV westerns from years ago where an experienced hired gun would come into town, give a gun to farmer who never used one, and tell him he could draw first. You know, because then it was a "fair fight" and no one could ever do anything about it because it the fight was "fair."

People looking for fights have an advantage over those who don't pursue violence in much the same way gunfighters had the advantage in the old west.

Most of the adult men I know have never been in fights, and those that have been usually have alcohol associated with the event. Carlos Quentin has no excuse other than that baseball has allowed this stupidity to continue. What Quentin did was criminal. Let's treat him and the act AS CRIMINAL.

If I were Grienke, I would have Quentin arrested. There were plenty of witnesses, and I would love to be on the jury.