{"id":33060,"date":"2022-06-02T02:44:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T02:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/josh-donaldson-hurt-yankees-didnt-back-him-up-after-comments\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T02:44:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T02:44:00","slug":"josh-donaldson-hurt-yankees-didnt-back-him-up-after-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/josh-donaldson-hurt-yankees-didnt-back-him-up-after-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Donaldson hurt Yankees didn’t back him up after comments"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Josh Donaldson said he was hurt after his New York Yankees teammates didn’t back him up following his \u201cJackie Robinson\u201d comments directed at Chicago White Sox star Tim Anderson.<\/p>\n

Donaldson said on Wednesday that while he admits what he said about Anderson was wrong, hearing his own teammates bash him for it was disappointing.<\/p>\n

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“I think that was tough to hear, for sure, just for the simple fact that I pride myself on being a good teammate, and everywhere I’ve gone, every organization that I’ve been a part of, minus Oakland, has offered me extensions, has wanted me to stay back, \u201dDonaldson said during batting practice Wednesday, via The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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“They’ve showed that they wanted me a part of their team. Obviously it didn’t work out that way. And also everywhere I went, I’ve won. I think part of winning is having good team chemistry, and I’ve taken pride everywhere I’ve went I’ve aways tried to help people try to get better. “<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Sounds like he’s still missing the point.<\/p>\n

Donaldson was suspended for one game last month after he admitted to calling Anderson, who is Black, \u201cJackie\u201d during a game. That prompted the benches to clear during that game, and White Sox manager Tony La Russa said after the game that Donaldson had made “a racist comment.”<\/p>\n

Donaldson initially tried to defend himself, saying that he was joking and referencing a 2019 interview Anderson did where he compared himself to Jackie Robinson.<\/p>\n

– and said a few days later that he actually warned Donaldson about calling him that back in 2019.<\/p>\n

Donaldson’s comments drew plenty of criticism, including from Yankees manager Aaron Boone and teammate Aaron Judge. Boone said he didn’t think Donaldson’s comments were “the right thing to do there,” and Judge didn’t agree with it either, “joke or not.”<\/p>\n

Donaldson’s former teammate and current White Sox reliever Liam Hendricks slammed him recently, too, and said he was “not a fan.”<\/p>\n