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Animalman said:
I thought O'Neal's suspension should have been as long as Artest's, if not longer, because he wasn't provoked like Artest was. There was no "self-defense" argument in his case.



O'neal didn't initially go into the stands, and I think tapes show he initially tried to be a peacemaker but several fans attacked him and he lost his temper. That's why he got only part of the season suspended.

"You kind of get tired giving the other team credit. At some point you've got to look in the mirror and say 'I sucked.'"

Alex Rodriguez, after the NY Yankees were eliminated from the 2006 ALDS by the Detroit Tigers.