Josh Donaldson has a documented history of pestering players in the White Sox clubhouse. He caused issues in 2018 as a member of the Blue Jays. Created more tension in 2021 with the Minnesota Twins. And barely a week ago, he caused a bench-clearing shoving match after an aggressive pick-off attempt on Tim Anderson ended with the shortstop taking a knee to the head while barely avoiding a cleat spike to the hand.
Donaldson taunted Tim Anderson twice Saturday by calling him “Jackie” — as in Robinson, one of baseball’s most unimpeachable icons — in what the third baseman says was an “inside joke” but is an unmistakably racist remark any way you try to explain it.
Anderson called the comments disrespectful. His manager, Tony La Russa, called them outright racist. New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said the taunt was “somewhere [Donaldson] should not be going.” MLB is investigating.
