Jackie Blew

jimmythegreek

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Poor spoiled Tim Anderson. Ok the comment Josh Donaldson might have been disrespectful, but in my opinion not in the least but racist. If back in 2019 they were joking about this, wouldn't one think back to say that Josh was putting Tim an elite category? Racist card and comments? Wasn't the late HOF legend the same color?

And who was instigating this at the plate over the weekend? Who looked like they deserved to be restrained? One game suspension? Donaldson takes it behind closed doors and talks to him explaining that there was no intentions to be racist, this isn't even a story worth following. Why 3 years later does Jackie reenact stupidity? Inappropriate on Josh's part likely, but at least he's man enough to admit he didn't mean to sound like an alleged racist. Ok. Kindergarten is over at least for today kids.

Where are the Ozark Mountain Daredevils when you really need them?
 
John Kelly

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Neither Anderson nor Donaldson is my type of player.

Too many issues.

They both practice bat-flipping and they both have surly personalities when things aren't going their way.

And I don't trust either player's defensive skills.

Anderson and Donaldson deserve one another.
 
John Kelly

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Josh Donaldson received a one-game suspension from MLB for calling Tim Anderson "Jackie" on the field of play.

In 2019, Tim Anderson received a one-game suspension from MLB for calling Kansas City pitcher Brad Keller, "a weak-ass fucking n-word" on the field of play.

Keller is white.
 
jimmythegreek

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Now we need Manfred Mann in the spotlight. I guess Anderson without logical thinking was "Blinded By The White"
 
John Kelly

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Because of cultural differences and language difficulties, baseball clubhouses are like prison yards.

Whites, blacks and Hispanics rarely integrate; instead, they congregate with their own kind.

I see the same phenomenon in MLB dugouts.

Players hang out with players who look like them and think like them.

The White Sox have three distinct groups.

You can see it when the team celebrates: The Latin players are much happier when one of their own is the hero of the game.

Or with starting pitchers in the dugout when Lucas Giolito, Dylan Cease and Dallas Keuchel (not Vince Velasquez or Reynaldo Lopez) are huddling to discuss the game.

And Tim Anderson is/was a lot more chummy with current teammate Josh Harrison and former teammate Billy Hamilton than some of the white or Hispanic players on the team.

Only natural.
 
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Neveragain

Neveragain

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Heim said:
Where are the Ozark Mountain Daredevils when you really need them?
Great song (Jackie Blew) by the one hit wonders...
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They’re celebrating their 50th anniversary as a band this year.
You can see them in Springfield Mo. this summer where they’ll be performing at the very same venue of their first performance from 1972.

Sadly, like many of the ‘70s bands I’ve looked up recently, they’ve lost at least 4 band members who’ve died over the years.
 
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FairWarning is right. Yankee manager didn't even have his back. Comments over the years from former teammates of Donaldson seems like he is one huge asshole.
 
FairWarning

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Rockfish said:
FairWarning is right. Yankee manager didn't even have his back. Comments over the years from former teammates of Donaldson seems like he is one huge asshole.
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Judge didn’t have his back either. Perfect time for Donaldson to have “COVID”.
 
mr merlin

mr merlin

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FairWarning said:
A player as talented as Donaldson being on 5 teams in 5 years says a lot.
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He was on the twins the last couple years, he' was ok at best, just not close to what he was, modest pop(20ish Hr's) but his avg is now under .250.

A 1 game suspension in a 162 game season is less than meaningless, time to move on.
 
John Kelly

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If the White Sox qualify for the playoffs and make a deep run in the postseason, lazy journalists will point to the Tim Anderson-Josh Donaldson incident as a turning point in the season.

Instead, it will be a case of the cream rising to the top of a weak AL Central Division by hitting, pitching and fielding a lot better than they did over the first two months of the season.
 
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jimmythegreek

jimmythegreek

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John Kelly said:
If the White Sox qualify for the playoffs and make a deep run in the postseason, lazy journalists will point to the Tim Anderson-Josh Donaldson incident as a turning point in the season.

Instead, it will be a case of the cream rising to the top of a weak AL Central Division by hitting, pitching and fielding a lot better than they did over the first two months of the season.
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I think the pale hose might have done one better already demoting troubled Keuchel to AAA.
 
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