Unlike Ron Artest, Mike Piazza saves his use of vigilante justice for cheaters on the field, rather than fans and non-professional athletes…
Here in the United States we have what is commonly referred to as a legal system. When a person has a crime committed against them, that aggrieved person is entitled to seek that the county prosecutor press charges against the alleged perpetrator. Most normal people make use of this system when some sort of criminal act is committed against them. Oakland Athletics catcher Mike Piazza (yes, believe it or not, he does still play - you can officially start scouring MLB rosters to see if Matt Williams or Mark Grace will also turn up on some team) decided to make use of this novel concept of the American legal system and request that charges be brought against an idiotic fan who chucked a water at Piazza that ended up hitting him in the batting helmet. What a novel concept - pressing charges instead of running into the stands like a crazed lunatic and inciting a melee the likes of which would make William Wallace recoail in terror. I think Ron-Ron saw ‘A Few Good Men’ one too many times and decided that initiating a ‘Code Red’ on the fan was the only reasonable course of action, not letting the disciplinary authorities handle the situation and the legal process play out.
Then again, Ron Artest also hits his wife and lets dogs go malnourished. I guess he’s more of a Brett Myers/DMX hybrid (an interesting mix) than a Mike Piazza type character.
At this point, I’m just waiting for an interview with Artest where he recommends that America implements the use of the Hammurabi Code for administering justice…
-NEIL
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