White Sox Shortstop Tim Anderson Suspended One Game For Calling A White Royals Pitcher N-Word

MLB has suspended White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson one game for his part in a scuffle that occurred Wednesday against the White Sox.

Anderson had homered the day before, and the Royals took offense to a bat flip he performed. During Wednesday’s game, Royals pitcher Brad Keller hit Anderson with a pitch in the 6th inning, which lead to a bench-clearing scuffle.

Here is what started the Royals-White Sox brawl today.

(via @MLB) pic.twitter.com/AOScgVz3ch

— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) April 17, 2019

According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, ESPN investigated the scuffle and found that Anderson had called Keller a “weak-ass fucking N-word.”

During the benches-clearing incident, White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson called Royals pitcher Brad Keller a "weak-ass f—ing n-word," sources tell ESPN. Anderson, who was hit by a Keller pitch one at-bat after he hit a home run and flipped his bat, was suspended for one game.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) April 19, 2019

Oh the irony.