Chicago White Sox nearer Liam Hendriks wasn’t shopping for Josh Donaldson’s clarification for the New York Yankees third baseman’s feedback to Tim Anderson throughout Saturday’s recreation at Yankee Stadium.
“Basically tried to call me Jackie Robinson: ‘What’s up, Jackie?’” Anderson mentioned after the Sox’s 7-5 loss, describing what led to a dialogue with Donaldson after the third inning. “He made the comment and it was disrespectful and I don’t think it was called for. It was unnecessary.”
The benches cleared earlier than Donaldson’s at-bat within the fifth inning.
Donaldson admitted after the sport, “I called him Jackie,” later including: “I thought that was a joke between him and I because we have talked about it before. … He’s called himself Jackie Robinson. That’s why I thought it was funny between us.”
That clarification didn’t sit effectively with Hendriks.
“Usually you have inside jokes with people you get along with, not people that don’t get along at all,” Hendriks mentioned Sunday. “So that assertion proper there was full bull(bleep).
“My feelings toward the individual in question are pretty well-documented in the fact that we don’t get along. The fact I have now spoken to four separate clubhouses he’s been in and as a whole, none of them get along. So trying to whip out that narrative is complete and utter bull(bleep).”
Donaldson’s “Jackie” reference dates to a 2019 Sports Illustrated article that got here out quickly after Anderson’s bat flip in opposition to the Kansas City Royals and subsequent plunking made information.
The article mentioned a “have-fun barrier.”
“I kind of feel like today’s Jackie Robinson,” Anderson mentioned within the article. “That’s huge to say. 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.”
The article identified within the subsequent sentence Anderson’s “point is more nuanced than it might sound.”
Donaldson mentioned Saturday: “My meaning of that is not any term trying to be racist by any fact of the matter. It was just off of an interview.”
He later added: “Just trying to defuse it, make light like, ‘Hey, we’re not trying to start any brawls or anything like that.’ Obviously he deemed that it was disrespectful and if he did, I apologize. That’s not what I was trying to do by any manner.”
Hendriks mentioned Donaldson’s feedback throughout the recreation had been “just completely unacceptable,”
“And then trying to whip it out like an inside joke is horse(bleep),” Hendriks mentioned. “They don’t have these types of issues happening. That’s like entering into an argument, like having an inside joke with a man you’re nemeses with, per se.
“That ain’t it. That’s not how it went down in this clubhouse and I don’t understand how he ever thought about it like that. It’s just straight delusional.”
Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal exchanged phrases with Donaldson earlier than the fifth-inning at-bat, and each dugouts and bullpens emptied.
“I’m really happy with (Grandal’s) decision to confront him at the plate,” Hendriks mentioned. “That exhibits how robust this clubhouse is. That exhibits the brotherhood on this clubhouse that we’ve happening. We’re going to go to bat for everybody on this clubhouse, regardless of who they’re, it doesn’t matter what’s happening. We’re going to care for them.
“(Sox manager) Tony (La Russa) wears the shirt that says ‘Family’ every single day, and that’s what it is, a family. We take care of our own, and if something happens that we don’t think is right, we’re going to speak up.”
La Russa mentioned Sunday he was “curious to see what the Yankee organization says.”
“It’s not really important what I say here,” La Russa mentioned. “(Yankees supervisor) Aaron (Boone), he’s between a rock and a tough place there. I do know him, I do know his household and I do know he doesn’t approve.
“But I’m really waiting to hear what the Yankees say. I know what they represent, right? ‘God Bless America’ (in the) seventh inning. So I’m waiting to hear what they say.”
Boone advised reporters he talked to Donaldson after Saturday’s recreation and believed his participant’s clarification — but additionally thought Donaldson shouldn’t have made the remark.
“With what’s going on between the two players and between the two teams over the last week or two, I certainly understand how that would be sensitive and understand the reaction,” Boone mentioned. “I additionally perceive Josh has been very forthcoming with the historical past of it and the context of it. So I don’t consider there was any malicious intent in that regard.
“But this is just my opinion — (that’s) somewhere he should not be going.”
Major League Baseball is trying into the incident, based on experiences.
“Whenever they reach a conclusion, I’m sure you’ll hear it,” La Russa mentioned. “I do know you’re taking a look at MLB. That’s why I mentioned I’m anxious to know what the Yankees are saying as a result of MLB has been crystal clear for years on how they really feel about one thing like that.
“I hope (the Yankees) would echo Major League Baseball, where there’s no situation where that’ll be tolerated. I’ve respected the Yankees organization for a long time, so I’m just curious.”
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