White Sox closer Liam Hendriks was not a fan of Josh Donaldson’s explanation regarding his confrontation with Chicago shortstop Tim Anderson.
The Yankees slugger drew heat Saturday for referring to Anderson, who is Black, as “Jackie” during the teams’s meeting in the Bronx. Donaldson said after the game the reference was an inside joke between he and Anderson, who called himself “today’s Jackie Robinson” in 2019.
Hendriks, Anderson’s teammate since 2021, made his thoughts on Donaldson post-game comments abundantly clear prior to Sunday’s meeting.
“Usually, you have inside jokes with people you get along with, not people that don’t get along at all.