![]() Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Sunday he believed Donaldson didn’t mean any harm with his words, but thought using such a term was “somewhere he should not be going.” La Russa said Donaldson’s comment was “racist” following Saturday’s game, a 7-5 Yankees win. “If somebody disrespects him, he should get upset. “He deserves the recognition and he deserves the respect,” La Russa said of Anderson. Donaldson said it was part of an inside joke with Anderson, who once described himself as feeling like “today’s Jackie Robinson”. Donaldson’s actions elicited criticism from both managers. Donaldson acknowledged on Saturday he called Anderson “Jackie” a reference to the pioneering baseball star. ![]() There didn’t appear to be any carryover on the field in either game from the previous afternoon’s anger and tension when the benches and bullpens emptied. Through a Yankees spokesman, Donaldson said he had not talked to Major League Baseball about the situation and didn’t speak to Anderson on Sunday. “It’s special.”ĭonaldson also did not speak to reporters. “When you talk about how special he is, just think about the game he had under those circumstances,” La Russa said. “Have nothing but respect for him.”Īnderson did not speak to reporters before or after the doubleheader. ![]() “I think that was just one of the cooler things I’ve seen watching an entire crowd that’s shown low class towards him, booing him, calling him ‘Jackie’ and then hitting a homer and putting us in a good position to win,” Kopech said.
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