Yankees' Josh Donaldson suspended one game with a fine for 'Jackie Robinson' comment

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Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson has been suspended for one game and fined for his on-field comment to Tim Anderson this past weekend, according to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. Donaldson is expected to appeal after claiming it was an inside joke between the two.

We’re a little surprised commissioner Rob Manfred didn’t make a fool of himself with a longer suspension, but this is still ridiculous. An incident that should’ve been handled between Donaldson and Anderson, privately. Not this whole circus show that involved the media.

New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson, left, and Chicago White Sox baserunner Tim Anderson (7) exchange words in the first inning on May 13, 2022, at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Essentially everyone working in the league is backing Tim Anderson. White Sox manager Tony La Russa was the first to back his shortstop.

"He made a racist comment," La Russa said. "That’s all I’m going to say." La Russa referring to Donaldson calling Tim Anderson "Jackie" in the first inning of the Yankees’ 7-5 win. Tim Anderson was asked about the incident following the game.

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"Basically, he was trying to call me Jackie Robinson," Anderson said. "He was like "‘Hey, what’s up Jackie?’ I don’t play like that. I don’t really play at all. I wasn’t really going to bother no body today, but he made the comment, and you know, it was disrespectful and I don’t think it was called for. It was unnecessary."

Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson (7) gets ready to leadoff the second game of a doubleheader against the