White Sox-Yankees benches clear, Tony La Russa accuses Josh Donaldson of making a racist remark to Tim Anderson
Benches cleared after New York's Josh Donaldson called Chicago's Tim Anderson "Jackie Robinson" during Saturday's Yankees-White Sox game.
While the comment that sparked the incident took place early in the game, tensions boiled over in the fifth inning when White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal confronted Donaldson when he stepped to the plate for an at-bat. Grandal had words for Donaldson before Donaldson had a chance to take his stance in the batter's box.
Home plate umpire Nick Mahrley intervened before players from both dugouts and bullpens joined the fracas. Anderson was restrained by some of his White Sox teammates.
Tim Anderson accused Josh Donaldson of making a racist comment that nearly ignited a benches-clearing brawl, but the Yankees third baseman said he believes the White Sox shortstop took his words the wrong way.
After the Yankees' 7-5 victory at the Stadium, Anderson said Donaldson used the phrase, «What's up, Jackie?» multiple times to him during the game. Donaldson's response was that he has jokingly called Anderson «Jackie» (as in Jackie Robinson) in the past because the infielder referred to himself in 2019 as «today's Jackie Robinson.»
Here is what happened:
Check out the video where Tim Anderson says Josh Donaldson referred to him as "Jackie Robinson".
