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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.

White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson and Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson have been at odds here in the past few weeks and things went to the next level on ...

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).

On Sunday, Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson called White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson something that Chicago manager Tony LaRussa called racist.

Boone added that his “sense” that Donaldson’s comment were no longer an issue in the Yankees’ clubhouse. “I also understand that Josh has been very forthcoming with the history of it, the context of it,” Boone said. “I’ve said it to him in years past, not in any manner than just joking around,” Donaldson said.

It's unclear whether Anderson is dealing with an injury or if he'll be available for either game of Sunday's twin bill. Yoan Moncada (leg) will take over the ...

Liam Hendriks doesn't buy Josh Donaldson's explanation for his "Jackie" remark to Tim Anderson, saying the Yankees third baseman's comment was "unacceptable ...

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."

New York Yankees slugger Josh Donaldson admitted to calling White Sox star Tim Anderson "Jackie Robinson," and yes, that's a problem.

But regardless of his intent, there needs to be an understanding that this was wrong solely due to the troubling history black players endured in this sport. But that doesn’t minimize what Anderson has experienced or currently experiences as someone who represents less than 8% of the players in the sport. And not to give La Russa the “seal of approval” here, but a guy who’s been in MLB since 1963 should probably be trusted when he says something of that magnitude. Whether you agree with that or not, you’re not Tim Anderson and you don’t know what he’s feeling as one of the few black men in MLB today. Last Friday, Donaldson applied an aggressive tag on Anderson that seemed to be a bunch of nothing, but Anderson took exception and the benches cleared. On Saturday, the trash talking ensued and the benches cleared again, but now there’s a more serious discussion to be had.

NEW YORK — Yankees slugger Josh Donaldson was wrong to make a remark referencing Jackie Robinson when speaking to White Sox star Tim Anderson, ...

“I think the way it left off, I don’t think it’s ever going to be necessarily complete. “And that was just a completely unacceptable thing.” “Obviously, he deemed it disrespectful,” he said. Grandal started the opener at catcher and batted sixth. “I also understand Josh has been very forthcoming with the history of it and the context of it. The benches and bullpens emptied as tensions escalated.

NEW YORK -- The boos rained down on Tim Anderson each of the five times he stepped into the batter's box Sunday night at Yankee Stadium.

“It’s always good to take a series on the road, especially here in the Bronx,” Vaughn said. There was late drama in that contest as well, as AJ Pollock answered Aaron Judge’s eighth-inning, game-tying homer with a go-ahead solo shot in the top of the ninth. Though the right-hander’s outing came to an end having tossed seven scoreless innings and allowing only one hit, Anderson and the White Sox offense put him in position to come away with that win. And then hitting a home run and putting us right back in a good position to win. In the eighth inning of the White Sox 5-0 win in Game 2, the 28-year-old came up to bat with two outs and his team holding a two-run lead. “This guy is -- he’s as good as anybody playing at that position, and one of the best players in baseball,” said manager Tony La Russa. “So he deserves the recognition, and he deserves the respect.

The New York Yankees watch Tim Anderson shush their crowd after a key home run in a 5-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium in Game 2 of ...

It was the first time the Yankees lost back-to-back games since April 10-11. His most dangerous moments came in the fifth, when he loaded the bases with no outs. Brantly and reliever David McKay didn’t arrive until the end of Game 1. It was Brantly’s first game of the season. But DJ LeMahieu then flew out to center field to end the frame. The right-hander carried a perfect game into two outs in the sixth inning until Rob Brantly’s liner double to left-center.