Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge said Donaldson made 'a mistake.' And the league, in suspending Donaldson, felt his comment was 'disrespectful and in poor judgment.'Īnderson was asked if he felt the one-game suspension and fine was appropriate. OF Robert put on COVID-IL with mild symptomsĭonaldson said the 'Jackie' comment was in reference to a 2019 interview with Sports Illustrated in which Anderson described himself as feeling like 'today's Jackie Robinson' in how he's 'getting to a point where I need to change the game.' Donaldson said it was a reference about which he has 'joked around' with Anderson in the past.The two players had words that night and then again this past weekend in New York, leading to Donaldson calling Anderson 'Jackie' once again. I know, he knew exactly what he was doing because I already told him.'Īnderson claims while Donaldson played for the Minnesota Twins, the two had no contact, but that changed after a hard slide into third base by the shortstop in a game in Chicago between the two teams. 'I don't speak to you, you don't speak to me, if that's how you want to refer to me. 'He did say that, and I told him we never have to talk again,' Anderson recalled. CHICAGO - White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson says there was no inside joke between he and New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson regarding Donaldson calling Anderson 'Jackie' over the weekend, in reference to Jackie Robinson.Īnderson, speaking publicly on Tuesday for the first time since Major League Baseball punished Donaldson with a one-game suspension, said the two haven't had a relationship since the first time he called him Jackie, back in 2019.

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