{"id":1493367,"date":"2022-05-26T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T19:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1493367"},"modified":"2022-05-26T15:00:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T19:00:13","slug":"yankees-third-baseman-apologizes-to-jackie-robinsons-widow-over-inappropriate-remark-to-chicago-white-sox-shortstop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yankees-third-baseman-apologizes-to-jackie-robinsons-widow-over-inappropriate-remark-to-chicago-white-sox-shortstop\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Third Baseman Apologizes To Jackie Robinson\u2019s Widow Over \u2018Inappropriate\u2019 Remark To Chicago White Sox Shortstop"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fyankees-third-baseman-apologizes-to-jackie-robinsons-widow-over-inappropriate-remark-to-chicago-white-sox-shortstop%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=1493367&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--><p>New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson has apologized to Jackie Robinson\u2019s widow after referring to Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson as \u201cJackie\u201d during Saturday\u2019s matchup between the two teams.<\/p>\n<p>Donaldson, who was suspended by the MLB over the comment, is appealing the league\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would also like to apologize to Mrs. Rachel Robinson and the Jackie Robinson family for any distress this incident may have caused,\u201d Donaldson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/33987325\/josh-donaldson-apologizes-jackie-robinson-wife-family-jackie-remark-tim-anderson\">said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cJackie was a true American hero and I hold his name in the highest regard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackie Robinson was the first black player in the big leagues and has been heralded for decades for helping to break down racial barriers in the United States. The Robinsons married in 1946. Jackie passed away in 1972.<\/p>\n<p>Donaldson had apologized to Anderson after Saturday\u2019s game while claiming that he meant the remark as a joke in reference to a 2019 interview in which Anderson referred to himself as a modern \u201cJackie Robinson.\u201d He apologized again in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst and foremost, I have the utmost respect for what Tim Anderson brings to the game of baseball,\u201d Donaldson added. \u201cI stated over the weekend that I apologized for offending Tim and that it was a misunderstanding based on multiple exchanges between us over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy view of that exchange hasn\u2019t changed and I absolutely meant no disrespect. In the past, it had never been an issue and now that it is, we have a mutual understanding,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson told media after the incident that Donaldson had previously referred to him as \u201cJackie,\u201d and said he had asked the Yankees\u2019 third baseman to refrain from calling him that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did say that, and I told him we never have to talk again,\u201d Anderson recalled earlier in the week. \u201cI don\u2019t speak to you, you don\u2019t speak to me, if that\u2019s how you want to refer to me. I know, he knew exactly what he was doing because I already told him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, The Daily Wire\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/benches-clear-after-yankees-third-baseman-accused-of-making-racist-comment-against-chicago-white-sox-shortstop\">reported<\/a> that Anderson\u2019s manager, Tony La Russa, as well as his teammates believed that Donaldson\u2019s comments on Saturday were racially motivated. The two teams nearly fought later in the game when Donaldson came up to bat. After a review, MLB <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mlb-suspends-yankees-third-baseman-suspended-over-inappropriate-comments-toward-white-sox-shortstop-on-saturday\">announced<\/a> on Monday that Donaldson would be suspended and forced to pay an undisclosed fine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonaldson is eligible to play until the league approves or rejects his appeal, but shortly before the suspension was announced Monday, the Yankees said Donaldson had been put on the COVID-19 injured list,\u201d ESPN reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson has apologized to Jackie Robinson\u2019s widow after referring to Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson as \u201cJackie\u201d during Saturday\u2019s matchup between the two teams. Donaldson, who was suspended by the MLB over the comment, is appealing the league\u2019s decision. \u201cI would also like to apologize to Mrs. Rachel &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1493445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1493367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1493367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1493445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1493367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1493367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1493367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}