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New York Yankees slugger Jazz Chisholm Jr. made headlines on Thursday after being ejected for arguing with the plate umpire over a controversial strike call against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Chisholm was incensed after a strike call on a 3-2 count with Mason Montgomery on the mound for the Rays. The replays showed the pitch to be easily missing the strike zone.
The Yankees star was ejected for arguing the call with the umpire and quickly hopped on social media.
"Not even fu****g close," Chisholm wrote on X.
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Even though the Yankees second baseman deleted the tweet after a few minutes, it caught the attention of the baseball fraternity.
Following the 6-3 win, where he drove in a run and was walked once in three at-bats, Chisholm reflected on his altercation with the umpire and his ejection.
"I feel like a lot of stuff hasn’t been going my way, but that doesn’t give me the excuse to go out there and act like that," Chisholm said, per Greg Joyce. "I’m a ballplayer, I have emotions. I know I’ve acted like that in the past, but that’s what I’ve really worked on to the present now."
Jazz Chisholm Jr. not bothered by potential disciplinary action from MLB
Although the strike call from the umpire was controversial, Jazz Chisholm could face disciplinary action from the league for his outburst on social media. However, the star infielder said he was not concerned after it was reported that the league was looking into the matter.
“I don’t care,” Chisholm said. “I did what I did. I can live up to my responsibilities. It doesn’t matter to me.”
Yankees manager Aaron Boone defended his player by saying he should have been ejected and not Chisholm.
“Hopefully in the future, that’s me,” Boone said. “I don’t love our players going, but I also understand how difficult that is to lay off a tough 3-2 pitch there, so I understand there’s going to be some emotion there.”
Despite the controversy, the Yankees claimed a 6-3 win in the series opener at the Rays' temporary home, George M. Steinbrenner Field.
