Jazz Chisholm’s sixth ejection came on Thursday night during the ‘fateful’ seventh inning of the game that the New York Yankees played against the Tampa Bay Rays at George Stainbrenner Field, an alternative home for the Florida team after not being able to use Tropicana Field, which was damaged by Hurricane Milton last October.
The expulsion escalated to social media
The problem was not the decision itself, but that the ballplayer, famous for bringing a little theatricality to these types of moments and to his game in general, overdid his complaints to home plate umpire John Bacon after he was called what from his perspective were not strikes and which resulted in a ‘no-hit’ strikeout by Tampa Bay Rays reliever Mason Montgomery.
After Chisholm’s angry protests, manager Aaron Boone had to intervene, but he was unable to contain his player’s anger and that was when the ejection occurred, which only intensified the baseball player’s reaction. He furiously took his phone and posted a controversial message on his X account: “Not even f-ing close!!!!!”: another serious problem, as players are not allowed to use devices during games, let alone to attack an umpire.
Chisholm is not Judge, but he should take him as an example
Chisholm almost immediately deleted his post, but things had already gone too far and the matter may not stop there, as in addition to his recidivism, Chisholm could face exemplary punishment from MLB, unlike someone as temperamental as he is, but with greater emotional balance and control of his effervescence as Aaron Judge, who has also been ejected for the same reason, but has been able to respond with facts and not just uncontrolled words.
The Yankees won the game 6-3, and Chisholm came out to apologize: “I lost my composure. I lost my cool“, but the precedent will be hard to erase. The only way out is for Jazz to do what Judge did, to keep his mouth shut and open his ability to speak with the bat.
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