{"id":1487934,"date":"2022-05-23T07:45:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T11:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1487934"},"modified":"2022-05-23T07:45:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T11:45:21","slug":"white-sox-accuse-yankees-josh-donaldson-of-making-racist-jackie-remark-mlb-now-investigating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-sox-accuse-yankees-josh-donaldson-of-making-racist-jackie-remark-mlb-now-investigating\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox Accuse Yankees Josh Donaldson of Making Racist \u201cJackie\u201d Remark \u2013 MLB Now Investigating"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-sox-accuse-yankees-josh-donaldson-of-making-racist-jackie-remark-mlb-now-investigating%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1487934&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\/chicago-white-sox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago White Sox<\/a> on Saturday accused New York Yankees slugger Josh Donaldson of making a racist comment directed at Chicago shortstop Tim Anderson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">After the Yankees&#8217; 7-5 win in New York, Anderson, who is Black, said Donaldson referred to him as &#8220;Jackie&#8221; during the game, a reference to MLB legend Jackie Robinson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He just made a, you know, disrespectful comment,&#8221; Anderson <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSWhiteSox\/status\/1528121376829280256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told reporters<\/a>. &#8220;Basically, it was trying to call me Jackie Robinson. Like, \u2018What\u2019s up, Jackie?&#8217; I don&#8217;t play like that. I don&#8217;t really play at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t really going to bother nobody today, but he made the comment, and you know it was disrespectful, and I don&#8217;t think it was called for. Unnecessary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/white-soxs-tim-anderson-honoring-jackie-robinson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WHITE SOX&#8217;S TIM ANDERSON ON HONORING JACKIE ROBINSON: &#8216;I&#8217;LL NEVER TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/AP22141822905848-copy.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Umpires, left, call for calm while Chicago White Sox third base coach Joe McEwing (99), second from right, holds back White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson (7) during a game against the New York Yankees, Saturday, May 21, 2022, in New York.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Umpires, left, call for calm while Chicago White Sox third base coach Joe McEwing (99), second from right, holds back White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson (7) during a game against the New York Yankees, Saturday, May 21, 2022, in New York.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Bebeto Matthews)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/la-russa-resolves-dui-case-feels-deep-remorse-and-regret\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White Sox manager Tony La Russa<\/a> thought the comment by Donaldson was &#8220;racist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s as strong as it gets,&#8221; La Russa said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/why-dodgers-signed-jackie-robinson-satchel-paige\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robinson was a six-time all-star who broke the MLB color barrier<\/a> in 1947. He played in six World Series, and the league retired his No. 42 for all teams. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/640\/320\/Jackie-Robinson2.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"A portrait of the Brooklyn Dodgers&#039; infielder Jackie Robinson in uniform in 1945.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      A portrait of the Brooklyn Dodgers&#8217; infielder Jackie Robinson in uniform in 1945.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Hulton Archive\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Donaldson, who is White, said he jokingly called Anderson &#8220;Jackie&#8221; in the past following a 2019 Sports Illustrated interview in which Anderson said he felt like &#8220;today&#8217;s Jackie Robinson.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My meaning of that is not any term trying to be racist by any fact of the matter,&#8221; Donaldson said. &#8220;Obviously, he deemed it disrespectful \u2026 and look, if he did, I apologize. That\u2019s not what I was trying to do by any manner and that\u2019s what happened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/yankees-cut-prospect-accusations-stealing-stiffing-fans-reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>YANKEES CUT PROSPECT AFTER ACCUSATIONS OF STEALING EQUIPMENT, STIFFING FANS SURFACE: REPORTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anderson said Donaldson made a &#8220;Jackie&#8221; reference in an early inning before the pair started jawing in the third. Things appeared to escalate in the fifth when White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal confronted Donaldson as Donaldson approached the plate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/AP22141825143352-copy.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson during the third inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox Saturday, May 21, 2022, in New York.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson during the third inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox Saturday, May 21, 2022, in New York.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Bebeto Matthews)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Believe me, you don\u2019t want me to tell you guys what I told him,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grandal told reporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson later shouted at Donaldson, prompting some of his White Sox teammates to hold him back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This game went through a period in time where a lot of those comments were meant, and I think we\u2019re way past that,&#8221; Grandal added. &#8220;And it\u2019s just unacceptable. I just thought it was a low blow, and I want to make sure I\u2019ve got my team\u2019s back. There\u2019s no way that you\u2019re allowed to say something like that.&#8221;&#8216;<\/p>\n<p>Major League Baseball is investigating the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know &#8230; some talk of that. I\u2019ve got to get to the bottom of it,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\/new-york-yankees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added Yankees manager Aaron Boone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&#038;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&#038;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The teams are scheduled to play in a doubleheader<\/a> Sunday, the final time they meet in the regular season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>The Associated Press contributed to this report<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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