Liam Hendriks has said beforehand that he didn’t get together with Josh Donaldson after they had been teammates in Toronto.
The present White Sox nearer lit into the Yankees third baseman Sunday over Donaldson referring to Chicago shortstop Tim Anderson as “Jackie” throughout Saturday’s recreation on the Stadium.
Donaldson stated he was making a joke about Anderson dubbing himself “right this moment’s Jackie Robinson” in a 2019 Sports activities Illustrated story, however Anderson took offense to the jab and Chicago supervisor Tony La Russa referred to as it a “racist” remark.
“Fully inappropriate,” Hendriks stated about Donaldson’s phrases. “After which after listening to what was stated after the sport, normally you might have inside jokes with folks you get together with, not those that don’t get alongside in any respect. In order that assertion proper there was full bulls–t.”
Hendriks, who was a teammate of Donaldson’s with the Blue Jays in 2015, stated gamers on different groups have had comparable experiences with him after they shared a clubhouse.
“My emotions in direction of the person in query are fairly well-documented, the truth that we don’t get alongside,” Hendriks stated. “And the truth that I've now spoken to I believe it’s 4 separate clubhouses that he’s been into? And as an entire, none of them have gotten alongside [with Donaldson]. So him making an attempt to whip out that narrative is full and utter bulls–t…I don’t perceive how he ever thought of it like that. It’s simply straight delusional.”
Referring to Anderson, Hendricks added that the White Sox “have TA’s again in every part,” as evidenced by the benches clearing after Chicago catcher Yasmani Grandal jawed with Donaldson later in Saturday’s recreation.
“I’m actually proud of Yaz’s determination to confront him on the plate,” Hendriks stated. “That reveals simply how robust this clubhouse is, that reveals the brotherhood on this clubhouse that we've got occurring.”
Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone stated Sunday that Donaldson met with him and a few Yankees teammates in regards to the matter earlier than Sunday’s doubleheader, however Hendriks revealed that among the White Sox reached out to Donaldson’s teammates, too.
“I do know a few our guys made positive that a few their guys of their clubhouse knew precisely what was occurring,” Hendriks stated. “He knew rattling properly what he was doing and he meant it to be precisely what it was. He simply didn’t intend the repercussions to be as swift and as thick as they had been.”
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