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Donaldson said he has spoken with his teammates about it from the minute it happened and he will continue to do so if it continues to be an issue. He issued his statement last week apologizing to the Robinson family because he said he never intended \u201cJackie\u201d to be taken as an insult. He said that he and Anderson had joked about it in the past, after Anderson called himself the \u201cJackie Robinson of today,\u201d in an interview, but obviously they have had issues at least going back to the week before the incident at Yankee Stadium with a very physical tag at third base.<\/p>\n
Donaldson said he was confused because other guys on the White Sox, including Liam Hendricks, who publicly criticized him, were friendly to him off the field last week. The benches-clearing incident actually occurred a few innings after the \u201cWhat up, Jackie,\u201d comment and began when catcher Yasmani Grandal got in Donaldson’s face and blocked him from walking into the batter’s box.<\/p>\n
That – and that his comments have been called racist – is mostly why Donaldson is appealing the one-game suspension issued by MLB dean of discipline Michael Hill.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy intentions weren’t what it was blown out to be,\u201d Donaldson said of why he is appealing. “And I think a big part of the thing was that I incited the benches clearing. When that was like, four innings after. I don’t know how I was inciting anything. I walked up to home plate and the catcher confronted me. I don’t know how that was my prerogative of him. They decided they wanted to clear benches. So in my opinion, I didn’t do that. “<\/p>\n
When the Yankees acquired him, there was a lot of talk about Donaldson playing with an edge. He is not shy about saying controversial things, just ask Gerrit Cole. One former teammate said of Donaldson that “he’s a smart guy \/ great player,” who “thinks he has to be an asshole to add to his natural strengths di lui.”<\/p>\n
Donaldson isn’t going to change who he is.<\/p>\n
“I gotta be myself. I play the game a certain way and I’m not going out there to obviously to this extent, but I go out there and play and I play to win, \u201dDonaldson said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There are still some things to work out in the aftermath of Josh Donaldson’s incident with Tim Anderson. The third baseman still does not know when his appeal of the one-game suspension will be and there are some conversations between him and some teammates, like Aaron Judge, that need to happen. But Donaldson will be …<\/p>\n
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