[picappgallerysingle id="4937447"]Exactly one week ago today, Jay Mariotti wrote an article on Fanhouse.com about the MLB’s approach to violence, saying Bud Selig is “much too soft” on the offenders.

In the world of Bud Selig and the union he allows to rule his domain — the Major League Baseball Players Association — this somehow qualifies as tough justice. How typically pathetic and sad, huh? Never mind that the volatile K-Rod, as Rodriguez is known in his $37-million position as a high-energy relief pitcher, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on charges of third-degree assault and second-degree harassment. Never mind that MLB’s very own cop shop was moved to describe Cueto’s behavior as “violent and aggressive,” part of a wicked fracas between the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals that goes down as one of the sport’s wilder brawls in recent times. The commissioner’s office continues to slap wrists and pedal softly, issuing the kind of mushy, disproportionate penalties that remind us why Selig’s nickname is Bud Light.

If Jay Mariotti is guilty of what he’s accused of today, he’ll want “Bud Light” on his jury. 

This is the guy who three weeks ago called for Rick Pitino’s resignation for the things that were unveiled in the very public trial of Karen Sypher.

He loves to proclaim that people should be fired.  In May, it was Connecticut men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun.  In March, it was Ozzie Guillen.

With Ben Roethlisberger, he wondered “What was he thinking?”  He thought what Gilbert Arenas did was “knuckleheadedness”. 

Jay Mariotti is best known for his role on ESPN’s Around the Horn.  And, he’s been a pretty opinionated sports columnist first at the Chicago Sun Times and now at Fanhouse.com.  He’s quick to write about the bad that athletes do.  It’s ironic that each and every one of the athletes can tip a glass to his issues this weekend.