Josh Donaldson

Donaldson incited a benches-clearing incident on Saturday after referring to Anderson as "Jackie"

Donaldson also claimed that Anderson had in the past "tried to get in my face and say a couple of words to me," suggesting that the two were not on the friendliest of terms entering Saturday's game. It should be noted that Anderson's quote came in the middle of an article where the main topic at hand was the isolation he feels as a Black man playing a sport that is predominantly played, managed, and governed by white men. A Yankees spokesperson subsequently claimed Donaldson has called Anderson "Jackie" in the past. But it's cool, man, because he changed the game, and I feel like I'm getting to a point to where I need to change the game." Newsday's Laura Albanese has since reported that MLB is "concerned" about Donaldson's comment and intends to investigate. New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson incited a benches-clearing spat during the fifth inning of Saturday's game against the Chicago White Sox after catcher Yasmani Grandal confronted him following comments he made toward shortstop Tim Anderson earlier in the contest.

Chicago White Sox star shortstop Tim Anderson accused Yankees slugger Josh Donaldson of making a racist remark by calling him Jackie Robinson during ...

Boone said of the incident: "I know ... some talk of that. Donaldson said Saturday that he was "trying to defuse" any lingering tension when the players crossed paths early in the game. In the third inning, Donaldson rounded second base after the final out and began jawing with Anderson as the teams came off the field. I just thought it was a low blow and I want to make sure I've got my team's back. That's not what I was trying to do by any manner and that's what happened." "My meaning of that is not any term trying to be racist by any fact of the matter," Donaldson said.

During the New York Yankees' 7-5 win over the Chicago White Sox Saturday, Yankees' third baseman Josh Donaldson, who is White, made a racist comment to ...

But it's cool, man, because he changed the game, and I feel like I'm getting to a point to where I need to change the game." "We are not trying to start any brawls or anything like that," Donaldson said to reporters after the game. "I kind of feel like today's Jackie Robinson," Anderson said in 2019, while saying he wanted to bring "fun" back to baseball. "It happened in the first -- the first time he got on -- and I spared him that time. Anderson said it wasn't the first time Donaldson made the comment to him during the game. Both teams were issued warnings but no one was ejected from the game.

The incident caused both the White Sox and Yankees benches to clear in the middle of the game.

“We’re a family,” Anderson said. There’s no way that you’re allowed to say something like that, that like I said, is just unacceptable.” “This game went through a period of time where a lot of those comments were made, and I think we’re way past that,” said Grandal. “It’s just unacceptable. So Grandal was sure to give Donaldson a piece of his mind before he entered the batter’s box for his next at-bat. “Then it happened again, and it was just uncalled for. It was unnecessary.”

Chicago White Sox star Tim Anderson has accused Yankees slugger Josh Donaldson of making a racist remark during...

The finale of the three-game series will start at 11:35 a.m. to accommodate Peacock, NBC’s streaming service. Prized rookie MacKenzie Gore (2-1, 2.17 ERA) makes his sixth major league start for the Padres and first since May 9. The hard-throwing Eovaldi became just the third pitcher in MLB history to get tagged for five homers in an inning during a loss to Houston last Tuesday, joining Toronto's Chase Anderson (Sept. 17, 2020, vs. Nationals). The White Sox and Yankees are scheduled to see each other for the last time in the regular season with a doubleheader. Donaldson said he has “joked around” with the All-Star shortstop in the past using the same reference and mentioned a 2019 interview in which Anderson told Sports Illustrated: “I kind of feel like today’s Jackie Robinson ... because he changed the game, and I feel like I’m getting to a point to where I need to change the game.”

NEW YORK (AP) — On a steamy afternoon that saw yet another dustup between Josh Donaldson and the White Sox, DJ LeMahieu hit an early grand slam and the New ...

RHP Jameson Taillon (4-1, 3.28) and RHP Luis Severino (3-0, 3.63) will pitch for the Yankees. Yankees: RHP Chad Green (strained right elbow) was placed on the injured list and could be headed towards surgery. In the fifth, Grandal stood up from his crouch and began jawing at Donaldson as he approached the plate. … Abreu (upper respiratory infection) made his eight start this year at DH. … RHP Lance Lynn (right knee) threw a simulated game Friday and is expected to throw another one next week. Isiah Kiner-Falefa singled home a run, Donaldson had an RBI groundout and Anthony Rizzo lifted a sacrifice fly as the Yankees improved to 29-10. Donaldson, a former AL MVP in his first season with the Yankees, was escorted off the field by manager Aaron Boone and Anderson, an All-Star shortstop, was led off by third base coach Joe McEwing.

The feud between White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson and Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson resumed Saturday at Yankee Stadium. The players engaged in ...

Anderson was one of the first players to arrive at home plate and immediately began jawing with Donaldson. Donaldson acknowledged making the comment in the first inning, but he saw it as an inside joke between the two. "He made the comment and it was disrespectful," Anderson said.

The war of words between Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson and New York Yankees designated hitter Josh Donaldson heated up Saturday afternoon, ...

That’s not what I was trying to do by any manner and that’s what happened.” Anderson said in a 2019 interview with Sports Illustrated, "I kind of feel like today’s Jackie Robinson. That’s huge to say. My meaning of that is not any term trying to be racist by any fact of the matter.

Josh Donaldson admitted after the Yankees' 7-5 win in The Bronx that he jokingly called Anderson “Jackie”.

“I thought that was a joke between [Anderson] and I, because we’ve talked about it before,” Donaldson said. Donaldson later said he explained the story behind calling Anderson “Jackie,” to some of his teammates. That’s why after I slid into second base today [in the seventh inning], I just kind of looked at him after he said something to me and I’m like, ‘All right, I’ve had enough.’ I just laughed.” “That happened the first time he got on, and I let it go that time, and it happened again. “I don’t play like that,” Anderson said. “It was just off of an interview what he called himself.

Tim Anderson and the White Sox got heated with Josh Donaldson for calling the star shortstop "Jackie."

Donaldson said he felt the self-reference had been a joke between the two of them in the past.— Lindsey Adler (@lindseyadler) May 21, 2022 Josh Donaldson said that in the past, and and Tim Anderson had joked about it.— Lindsey Adler (@lindseyadler) pic.twitter.com/kMaSopsNaC May 21, 2022 He was trying to get under Anderson’s skin by calling arguably the biggest Black star in MLB today by the name of the man who broke baseball’s color barrier. This is the quote from Tim Anderson that Josh Donaldson referenced today. Grandal was standing up for teammate Tim Anderson after Donaldson made a racist remark to him on multiple occasions earlier in the game. The benches cleared and Anderson had to be restrained by teammates.

Major League Baseball is set to investigate New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson. What he thought was a joke was not taken that way at all.

Considering the current social and political climate, it is understandable that the league is going to look into the matter. That was the cause of that confrontation, with Grandal calling those comments “unacceptable” and making sure he had Anderson’s back. Anderson, meanwhile, did not find this amusing at all, something that he made very clear after the game.

Donaldson touched off two bench-clearing incidents with remarks he made to Tim Anderson. They might not have been racist, but they nevertheless elevated ...

He should approach Anderson directly and explain the misunderstanding. It’s in Donaldson’s hands to propose a truce before today’s doubleheader. NEW YORK – I don’t believe Josh Donaldson had a racist motive for calling Tim Anderson “Jackie” on Saturday. It was a taunt to get under Anderson’s skin, which successfully set off two bench-clearing incidents between the Yankees and White Sox. But even if Donaldson meant no serious slur, as he claims, the judgment and timing were poor.

Former Minnesota Twins third baseman Josh Donaldson has been accused of making a racist comment toward Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson on Saturday ...

That's not what I was trying to do by any manner and that's what happened.'' "He just made a disrespectful comment," Anderson said after the game. "My meaning of that is not any term trying to be racist by any fact of the matter,'' Donaldson said.

Anderson said Donaldson referred to him as 'Jackie [Robinson]' during the game; Donaldson claimed it was a joke between them.

Tim Anderson once again says something to Josh Donaldson and this time Donaldson chirped back— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) pic.twitter.com/vyTrsl1xln May 21, 2022 Here's a look at that: Tim Anderson says Josh Donaldson referred to him as "Jackie [Robinson]"— White Sox Talk (@NBCSWhiteSox) pic.twitter.com/sk8R7HEJ7w May 21, 2022

Benches cleared between the Yankees and White Sox after Josh Donaldson called Chicago's African-American shortstop Tim Anderson “Jackie.”

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Donaldson, the Yankees' third baseman, said his remarks to Tim Anderson referenced a magazine article in which Anderson said he was “today's Jackie Robinson ...

“We’re not trying to start any brawls or anything like that,” Donaldson said. Donaldson then told reporters that he confronted Giolito in the stadium’s parking lot. “That happened in the first, the first time he got on, and I spared him that time,” Anderson said. Donaldson added: “Obviously, he deemed that it was disrespectful. That resulted in an exchange of words and a modest bench clearing. “In 2019, he came out with an interview, said that he’s the new Jackie Robinson of baseball and he’s going to bring back fun for the game, right? Donaldson, meanwhile, said he has been calling Anderson “Jackie” for years. “Basically, he was trying to call me Jackie Robinson,” Anderson said. In 2019, when I played for Atlanta, we actually joked about that in the game. It was just off an interview.” Shortly after the Yankees beat Chicago at Yankee Stadium, 7-5, Donaldson, who is white, admitted to calling Anderson, who is Black, “Jackie” in the first inning. Grandal, pointing toward Anderson at shortstop, got face to face with Donaldson, and the benches cleared.

White Sox Manager Tony La Russa deemed the comment "racist" and MLB reportedly will look into the matter.

“My meaning of that is not any term trying to be racist by any fact of the matter,'' Donaldson said ( via ESPN). “Obviously, he deemed it disrespectful. In the fifth inning, White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal confronted Donaldson as he stepped up to the plate for an at-bat. Donaldson told reporters that the two had joked about the interview in the past. Tensions boiled over in the third and fifth innings. Anderson said that the Yankees’ third baseman called him “Jackie” twice during the game. In the third, Donaldson and Anderson exchanged comments as Donaldson rounded second base after making the final out of the inning.

In the fifth inning of Saturday's game, White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal got in the face of Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson.

Donaldson said he was open to meeting with Anderson to talk about what he said. Chicago manager Tony La Russa said Donaldson “made a racist comment,” and declined to elaborate. But this time around, Donaldson said that in the first inning he called Anderson “Jackie,” referencing a 2019 Sports Illustrated article in which the shortstop gave a quote about how he felt like Jackie Robinson: But it’s cool, man, because he changed the game, and I feel like I’m getting to a point to where I need to change the game.” He said he called Anderson “Jackie” this time to try and defuse any tension from a May 13 game, in which Donaldson applied a rough tag on Anderson at third base: “If something has changed from that—my meaning of that is not any term trying to be racist,” Donaldson said.

Not his place to talk about Jackie Robinson, and media struggles to present facts.

It doesn’t matter how he meant it, it was racist — he took Anderson’s prideful connection to Robinson, and his place in the game as a Black superstar, and made it a punchline — and Anderson was rightfully pissed off about it. Anderson, who is Black, said he took offense to the comment. Using water as the resistance method means it’s easier to adjust, lighter overall, and longer-lasting too.

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"I wasn’t really bothering nobody today but he made the comment and it was disrespectful and I don’t think it was called for," Anderson told reporters. The hostility between the two stems back to last weekend, when Donaldson and Anderson collided on an attempted pickoff tag at third. But it’s cool, man, because he changed the game, and I feel like I’m getting to a point to where I need to change the game." "Josh has been very forthcoming with the history of it and the context of it," Boone said ahead of Sunday's game. "I kind of feel like today’s Jackie Robinson,” Anderson said in the interview, referencing his desire to break the "have-fun barrier" in baseball. "So that statement right there was complete bullshit."

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That was just a completely unacceptable thing and trying to whip it out as being an inside joke, that's horseshit. "That's completely inappropriate, and then after hearing what was said after the game, usually you have inside jokes with the people you get along with, not people that don't get along at all," Hendriks told reporters of Donaldson's explanation. Donaldson said he did so, but that it was an inside joke ( for a full and detailed breakdown, we've got you covered here).

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Donaldson said Saturday that he was "trying to defuse" any lingering tension when the players crossed paths early in the game. "[Donaldson] knew damn well what he was doing," Hendriks said. Donaldson said it was a reference about which he has "joked around" with Anderson in the past. In the third inning, Donaldson had rounded second base after the final out and began jawing with Anderson as the teams came off the field. "So whether it's an internal thing that has to happen on their side, today we show up and do what we came here to do -- we have a chance to win two games at Yankee Stadium." I saw what Aaron said -- he's between a rock and a hard place there."

White Sox closer Liam Hendriks lit into Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson Sunday over Donaldson referring to Chicago shortstop Tim Anderson as "Jackie."

He just didn’t intend the repercussions to be as swift and as thick as they were.” “I know a couple of our guys made sure that a couple of their guys in their clubhouse knew exactly what was going on,” Hendriks said. And as a whole, none of them have gotten along [with Donaldson]. So him trying to whip out that narrative is complete and utter bulls–t…I don’t understand how he ever thought about it like that.