Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr clarifies he was not wearing AirPods in the field amid viral photos

New York Yankees 2nd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. became a talking constituent connected the net due to the fact that fans thought helium was wearing an AirPod successful the field.

Chisholm, 28, clarified that it was really a portion of fabric successful his receptor canal due to the fact that of an earache. In the Yankees’ triumph implicit the Texas Rangers connected Monday, Chisholm took a grounder to the head. When helium tried to tract a crushed ball, it kicked disconnected his mitt and clocked him successful the head.

"It gave maine an earache for similar 3 oregon 4 days," Chisholm told The Athletic.

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New York Yankees 2nd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. reacts aft initially being called retired earlier a replay overturned the call, resulting successful an infield azygous during the 3rd inning against the Baltimore Orioles astatine Yankee Stadium successful the Bronx, New York, connected May 1, 2026. (Vincent Carchietta/Imagn Images)

Chisholm said helium could hardly perceive retired of his close receptor and wore existent AirPods successful the clubhouse to artifact retired the noise. He utilized the noise-cancellation mode, trying to support things arsenic quiescent arsenic possible.

"Right now," helium said, "I’m feeling better. … My close receptor was ringing for similar 3 days."

Chisholm has not missed immoderate clip and said helium didn’t deliberation it affected him. As the speech continued to rage connected astir the fabric successful his ear, helium took to his Instagram Story to amusement it wasn’t an AirPod.

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Jazz Chisholm Jr. of the New York Yankees looks connected during a crippled against the Texas Rangers astatine Globe Life Field successful Arlington, Texas, connected April 28, 2026. (Kelcee Skoug/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

"All y’all conscionable ain’t the smartest," Chisholm captioned his representation with a motion and laughing emoji.

He said the speech astir the fabric successful his receptor was "not smart."

"I deliberation that’s not astute astatine all," Chisholm said. "I deliberation nary umpire would fto it spell through. No manager would fto that happen. You cognize what I mean? I conscionable consciousness similar … and you would person seen a telephone successful my backmost pouch oregon something. I mean, AirPods don’t scope that far. So for me, it’s conscionable like, I conscionable didn’t deliberation it was a astute thing. I consciousness similar everything I bash is connected the media. I don’t caput it.

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New York Yankees 2nd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. and archetypal baseman Ben Rice fist-bump arsenic they tally disconnected the tract aft the eighth inning against the Texas Rangers astatine Globe Life Field successful Arlington, Texas, connected April 27, 2026. (Raymond Carlin III/Imagn Images)

"If you guys emotion maine that much, s—. I don’t caput it. I person nary occupation with it."

Chisholm is disconnected to a dilatory commencement this play but has started to prime it up lately. He has a .205 batting mean with 3 location runs, 10 RBI and 9 stolen bases.

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