All the media and the fans were up in arms when Ray Rice received a two game suspension for knocking out his fiancée and dragging her out of an elevator. That weak suspension was 12.5% of the NFL season.  

The same people had similar angry reactions when Greg Hardy only received a four game suspension. Hardy allegedly beat a woman, threw her on a bed of guns, and intervened with her testifying at trial. His suspension was 25% of the NFL season. 

Aroldis Chapman is alleged to have choked his girlfriend causing her to flee Chapman’s house scared. After she fled the house, Chapman had to be convinced not to storm out of the house. Instead, he shot his gun off in his garage. After an MLB investigation, it was found Chapman had committed acts sufficient enough to warrant a suspension. He got 30 games or 18.5% of the MLB season. 

And with that masterful strike Commissioner Rob Manfred has shown himself to be weaker on the issue of domestic violence than Roger Goodell. Do you know how incompetent and/or clueless you have to be in order for Goodell to look like the commissioner that gets it?

It gets better.  Chapman was rumored to have been able to reduce the suspension by cooperating. Some clueless people are actually commending MLB for this suspension. It’s an embarassment and a black eye on the sport. 

If Chapman did nothing wrong, then he shouldn’t have been suspended. Case closed. However, MLB determined a suspension was warranted, and Chapman agreed not to appeal the suspension. Instead, Chapman is probably laughing. 

Thirty games isn’t even a slap on the wrist. It’s hardly a “tsk-tsk” with a disappointing look. Better yet, it does nothing to delay Chapman’s path to free agency. If Chapman has a great year, he’ll certainly make-up the lost $1.7 million because apparently baseball has no problem with domestic violence. We know the Yankees don’t. 

And yet somewhere this season, some player is going to test positive for PEDs and receive an 80 game ban.  It’s nice to know in baseball an attempt to make yourself a better player (even if it is cheating) is a far greater sin than choking a woman. 

Today, I’m embarrassed to be a baseball fan.