Oso planning to go pro
Well again, thats the thing. All we have is what we are told and JD says its been over and over and only now did TA have a problem with it.TA could deny that(to my knowledge he hasnt) and then we would be in a he said/she said situation.Everything we have is assumptions. Aside from what we know(TA made the first Jackie reference unsubstantiated) and what JD says was his intent and history of using the insult.Now is TA allow to say he didnt like a comment, absolutely.But immediatley tossing out racist without allowing JD to give any context is on par with that base coach for the Giants or Padres(dont remember what team) that cried racism to the media earlier this year on something that was blatantly not racist.It just seems to be a go to deflect.And of course, there are plenty of words that could be used that would be immediately ok to go right to racism. Sup Jackie? Major stretch.
Go ahead and say to his face that it’s not racist then.
Uhhh ok?You gonna send Tim on over to me?
Yadi now a the best pitcher ever.
Sure, because you seem to know how he should feel about things
I’m not a fan of Donaldson getting suspended a game over this.
Yep. And nothing for Grandal who decided to get face to face with him and jaw at him for minutes which is what actually lead to the whole "bench clearing". Its dumb
Grandal deserves to get suspended? Lol.
He doesn’t…but neither did Donaldson. But if it was truly about what created an actual in game disturbance, Grandal is the one who escalated on field. But it’s all much ado about nothing
Of course Donaldson deserved it. How many Yankee players or coaches stood up for him? I suppose next you will defend the fans who chanted "Jackie" the next day as not being racist.As the Athletic’s James Fegan put it, Donaldson’s comment “called to mind a long history in this country of racial minorities being derisively referred to by the names of celebrities of the same race — often implying that racial minorities are an indistinguishable and largely irrelevant monolith to the person casting the insult. That this instance referenced the Black American who desegregated a sport in the face of fierce and long-enduring resistance, only made it more pointed.”
This is an embarrasing level of ignorance.Its been well establsihed he didn't pull the name "Jackie" out of thin air.If he had, no one would have had any idea wtf it even meant.Nothing was implied, TA said to call himself Jackie, Donaldson obliged.
You're simply lying.
I'll never defend obnoxious Yankees fans for anything. But that doesn't mean anything. But go ahead with stupid personal attacks.And Boone defended him. He said it wasn't malicious/racist, but said it wasn't smart. Which is fine cause Donaldson has no history of racism, just being a sh** stirrer and hothead.Fegan's comment is in a vacuum ignoring Tim Anderson's prior Jackie comment. It was literally mocking a single person for a specific comment they made, nothing about some indistinguishable monolith. This isn't jeeringly saying to another player "ok MLK" or "ok Malcom X" just cause they were vocal about civil rights.
Nothing was implied, TA said to call himself Jackie, Donaldson obliged.
Yadi now a pitcher, too.