Paul Sullivan: MLB won't have to say why it suspended Tim Anderson, but we all deserve an explanation
by Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune
Apr 21, 2019
3 minutes
CHICAGO - White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson served his one-game suspension Friday for reportedly using the N-word during Wednesday's on-field skirmish with the Royals.
Major League Baseball suspended and fined Anderson for his "conduct after the benches cleared," MLB chief baseball officer Joe Torre explained in a statement Friday announcing the discipline. But it later was leaked to ESPN that Anderson allegedly called Royals pitcher Brad Keller a "weak (expletive) (N-word)" for plunking him in an apparent response to Anderson's bat flip following a home run
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