If the answer is Jackie Robinson, then Jackie has become the J-Word, a word too terrible or too reverent to be spoken. And we've really lost our minds.
Until this morning I had thought that Tim Anderson was expressing his feelings, however incoherently, that he, Anderson, felt that Josh Donaldson taunting him by calling him Jackie was "disrespectful" to him, Tim Anderson. Now I'm wondering if he actually meant that it was disrespectful to Jackie Robinson.
And what did MLB mean in its statement suspending Donaldson?
“MLB has completed the process of speaking to the individuals involved in this incident. There is no dispute over what was said on the field,” said Michael Hill, Major League Baseball’s senior vice president for on-field operations. “Regardless of Mr. Donaldson’s intent, the comment he directed toward Mr. Anderson was disrespectful and in poor judgment, particularly when viewed in the context of their prior interactions. In addition, Mr. Donaldson’s remark was a contributing factor in a bench-clearing incident between the teams, and warrants discipline.”
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Both Anderson and MLB are ambiguous. Am I the only one confused on this point? May he rest in peace:
Jackie Robinson
Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right • Throws: Right
5-11, 195lb (180cm, 88kg)
Born: January 31, 1919 in Cairo, GA us
Died: October 24, 1972
Buried: Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
High School: Muir Technical (Los Angeles, CA)
Schools: Pasadena City College (Pasadena, CA), University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Debut: 1945 (9,801st in major league history)
AL/NL Debut: April 15, 1947 (Age 28-074d)
vs. BSN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Last Game: September 30, 1956 (Age 37-243d)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1962. (Voted by BBWAA on 124/160 ballots)
View Jackie Robinson's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1947 season)
Full Name: Jack Roosevelt Robinson
View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject
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https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/jackie-robinson/
Throughout his career, Jackie Robinson was a fearless competitor. As Leo Durocher, first his manager and later an archrival, so elegantly phrased it, “You want a guy that comes to play. But (Robinson) didn’t just come to play. He came to beat you. He came to stuff the damn bat right up your ass.”1
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Jackie Robinson ran over Giant second baseman Davey Williams April 23, 1955. Tim Anderson and Josh Donaldson can learn more about Robinson. Monday, May 23, 2022
MLB can suspend and fine you for saying something someone thinks is "disrespectful and in poor judgment". Who knew? Monday, May 23, 2022
Three years ago MLB suspended Tim Anderson one game for reportedly using racist language: N-Word! Tuesday, May 24, 2022
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Unsportsmanlike conduct: where are taunting and mocking in the rules? Sunday, April 29, 2018
Larry Doby: why don't American League teams honor Doby, first black player in AL? Tuesday, April 16, 2019
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