My daughter, BreAzia, turned 10 this spring. This birthday was a major milestone, not just for her, for me as well. Having a daughter with a double-digit age, made me take stock of the time that’s passed. I realized that I had been a mother and a professional basketball player for a decade. I’ve had the good fortune to play in the WNBA in the Summer for 10 seasons and overseas in 5 different countries for 9. So I’ve played 19 professional seasons of basketball.

I always find it funny and disturbing, how people have selective morality when it comes to talking about what punishments should be levied against players that get into altercations during sporting events.  The events that transpired during the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays game recently, when a bench clearing brawl erupted late in the game, due to pitchers throwing at or behind hitters.  I thought how differently that incident is viewed and bantered about on baseball programs, with that of what happens in other sporting arenas when similar events occur.  The two main people in the brawl Jorge Posada and Jesse Carlson last night were only suspended 3 games a piece which is laughable.  3 games in a 162 game schedule is like a drop of water in a bucket.  The length of suspensions depend on the severity of the incident, but more often than not they don’t exceed 5 games.  You can argue that the Yankees are in a race to win the AL East so it affects them greatly, but Posada isn’t a everyday catcher and they’re 6.5 games ahead of second place Boston with 16 games to play as of this being written.  Can Boston catch them? Sure, if the Yankees completely tank the rest of the season.