Josh Donaldson gets one-game suspension for Jackie Robinson reference

Major League Baseball has issued a one-game suspension to New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson over his allegedly racist Jackie Robinson reference to Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson during Saturday's game.

Donaldson said he twice called Anderson by 'Jackie' - as in Robinson, who famously broke MLB's color barrier in 1947 - during the Yankees' 7-5 win on Saturday. The benches and bullpens emptied as tensions escalated.

Anderson, one of baseball's leading Black voices and an All-Star shortstop, said it was a 'disrespectful comment.' White Sox manager Tony La Russa said it was racist, and Anderson agreed.

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