caulfield12

So if you are a white person and say something that a black person feels is racist or insulting and your reaction is just shrug it off as a joke...do you essentially have a right to take away their reaction of being angered or upset? Why/how?

That was the White Sox marketing slogan for an entire season. Tatis, Jr., has been put forward by MLB in that group with Soto, Bryce Harper, Vladdy Jr., Acuna. More flamboyant. Bat flips. Making the game more fun for young people and not the boring drag it is for many.

“It’s always the Latin or the Caribbean ball players who are seen as flashy and who have to respect the game,” says Varela. “You never hear about it with Mike Trout or other people, but it’s when it comes to the ‘flashy’ Dominicans, right? All of the sudden [they’re] causing problems. They’re ruining baseball. They’re ruining tradition.” The challenging of tradition in the MLB aligns with the global challenging of structural racism. Systems, norms, values, and narratives are being criticized and reimagined in every capacity. “The Jackie Robinson story, as great as it is...it’s sort of like Major League Baseball saying, ‘I have Black friends,’” says Varela. “You know what I mean? It’s like, ‘Oh no, but we integrated way back in the day.’ There’s so many issues now of inequality and it comes to violence against Black bodies and issues of respect and issues of dignity.” https://globalsportmatters.com/listen/2020/08/22/the-huddle-baseballs-unwritten-rules-roberto-clemente/

Not what he said...at all. Read the entire story for context. He wasn't saying he was going to make the Hall of Fame as a player or anything like that. https://sports.yahoo.com/tim-anderson-compares-himself-to-jackie-robinson-slams-mlb-offices-on-diversity-054429037.html Anderson is decidedly new school. And he told SI that his approach is blazing a new path, comparing himself to an icon of American sports progress. “I kind of feel like today’s Jackie Robinson,” Anderson said. “That’s huge to say. But it’s cool, man, because he changed the game, and I feel like I’m getting to a point to where I need to change the game.” Shouldn't we also blame the White Sox PR team for pushing that "change the game" tagline on Tim?

https://nypost.com/2022/05/21/white-sox-accuse-yankees-josh-donaldson-of-racial-comment/ The most important point is that it happened multiple times in the game...that's taunting, not joking. Would it be funny if Tim kept on calling him Ty Cobb? I think not.

“He just made a disrespectful comment. He was trying to call me Jackie Robinson, ‘What’s up Jackie?’ ” Anderson, who is Black, said. “I don’t play like that. … That happened the first time he got on, and I let it go that time, and it happened again. It’s just uncalled for.” Later, Anderson said: “I’ll never sleep this off.” Way to take the wrong side. He didn't say it comparing himself as a player, but that he was attempting to inspire the next generation of African American ballplayers as one of a diminishing number in the big leagues...same way 75% of Hispanic players today cite inspiration of Clemente on and off the field.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33951980/a-tricked-ambulance-doctorate-deception-johnny-cueto-most-interesting-man-baseball

manor, lol? He’ll be heading to the Shady Hills Retirement Manor if Kopech decides to go head hunting. Don’t think he will do much more than throw behind him and get warned or thrown out. But at least we have so many off days to rest the pen if Kopech does get tossed.

No. They are unlikely to cause an open rift in the clubhouse when they are running away with the division.

If they joked about it, why the dramatic "overreaction" then to a misunderstanding between good friends?

https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-yankees-benches-clear-in-bronx MLB not mentioning specific allegations in their game story.

Especially since the last game/s between them in the regular season. But then some will read that action as a tacit admission of guilt on the part of the Yankees. They might double down in defending him. It's going to be interesting to see how they try to wiggle out of it.

If they play him in the DH it's practically inviting a retaliation from the Sox/LaRussa and a bench clearing brawl. The game would also start with both starting pitchers warned in all likelihood.

Buxton is definitely going to be one of the first players they ask to comment since they were teammates...if he wants to weigh in to defuse or further fan the flames.

LaRussa calling Donaldson a racist means this is the MLB headline for a week. The trick is how the Yankees attempt to defuse it. Remember the accusations against Schildt in the Cards' clubhouse and then with one of the Giants' coaching staff, 1st base coach I think?

John Rocker parallel comes to mind, but Donaldson plays for the hallowed Yankees and not a "southern" team so expect this one to be brushed away as quietly as possible. I looked up his university. Auburn. Let's go to Frank Thomas or Bo Jackson to see if they defend Donaldson lol. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10036510-tony-la-russa-says-yankees-josh-donaldson-made-racist-comment-to-tim-anderson

Thread title hould be changed to just "Jackie" to be more accurate...REFERRING to Jackie Robinson and Tim's inheriting that legacy in the modern game as one of the shrinking number of African Americans in the majors.

Anderson isn't going to be quiet on this one for long on social media. At all. Crazy week. As if Saban/Fisher wasn't enough of a soap opera, we get another one.

The strange thing is that other than Freddy Garcia, we didn't capitalize in any way in terms of creating a Venezuelan connection on the Sox...while Ozzie was manager. That might have changed had we brought over Miguel Cabrera. Will never know.

Balta is not going to accept that rationalization, like, at all...

"Both sides." What does Timmy call him back then, Ty Cobb? One of the racist members of the '47 Dodgers who got put in their place by Pee Wee Reese?

https://theathletic.com/3323043/2022/05/20/are-the-white-sox-in-trouble-who-should-get-the-cubs-next-statue-chicago-baseball-authority/?source=spotrac&pc=spotrac40off2 Really interesting article by Jon Greenberg. Called LaRussa a lake duck manager, among other things...eventually questioned the quality of the entertainment value of the current product on the field.

And then a club option year for $25 million.

This guy throws about the same velocity as Danks or Parque (before injury) but man is there a lot of variety and movement....and the cutter is such a Yankee tradition.

Cutter is killing the Sox. Basically can't hit anything under 90 mph.