Steven Goldman is the MLB Editor for SBNation.com, and founder and editor of SB Nation's Yankee's site Pinstriped Bible. Steve is also the author of 'Forging Genius: The Making of Casey Stengel; and editor and co-author of 'Mind Game, It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over, and Extra Innings.'
The names and circumstances may change, but there will always be those who don't just punch upwards, but grab as hard as they can in a desperate lunge at relevance.
And he'll probably win the season, too. Meanwhile, Zack Greinke may be a punk, but he was in the right, and Don Mattingly exacts an inadequate revenge.
Suspensions are only the beginning of a process that will flow from MLB's embrace of a dubious witness -- the right to confront your accuser will come into play in a big way.