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    Paul Sullivan: MLB’s ruling on the Josh Donaldson-Tim Anderson incident could have an effect on what’s acceptable trash talk

    Modern baseball is boring. That was Tim Anderson’s feeling in the spring of 2019 when the Chicago White Sox shortstop spoke to Sports Illustrated for a lengthy profile. Anderson told SI writer Stephanie Apstein he felt like “today’s Jackie Robinson” in crossing what he called the “have-fun barrier,” hoping to make the game interesting to today’s fans. “That’s huge to say,” he said of the ...
    by Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune May 23, 2022 4 minutes
    New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson, left, and Chicago White Sox baserunner Tim Anderson, right, share words at third base in the first inning at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago on Friday, May 13, 2022.

    Modern baseball is boring.

    That was Tim Anderson’s feeling in the spring of 2019 when the Chicago White Sox shortstop spoke to Sports Illustrated for a lengthy profile.

    Anderson told SI writer Stephanie Apstein he felt like “today’s Jackie Robinson” in crossing what he called the “have-fun barrier,” hoping to make the game interesting to today’s fans.

    “That’s huge to say,” he said of the Robinson reference. “But it’s cool, man, because he changed the game and I feel like I’m getting to a point where I need to change the game.”

    The quote was a small part of

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