Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. violates MLB social media policy in post ripping umpire after ejection

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New York Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. was ejected from Thursday night’s triumph implicit the Tampa Bay Rays, but helium could find himself successful bigger occupation aft helium appeared to violate MLB’s social media policy. 

Chisholm was ejected successful the seventh inning aft helium argued a 3rd onslaught telephone from sheet umpire John Bacon. After arguing astatine the plate, Chisholm was thrown retired of the crippled for his 5th vocation ejection. 

Jazz Chisholm Jr. ejected

New York Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr., center, reacts aft getting called retired connected strikes by location sheet umpire John Bacon, left, during the seventh inning of a shot crippled against the Tampa Bay Rays connected Thursday, April 17, 2025, successful Tampa, Fla.  (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

It was his archetypal with the Yankees. 

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But the statement would not extremity there, arsenic Chisholm took to societal media to further condemn Bacon’s call. 

"Not adjacent f---ing close," Chisholm wrote successful a station connected X earlier aboriginal deleting it. 

Chisholm reportedly posted the connection minutes aft his ejection and portion the crippled was inactive going on. The station was an evident usurpation of Major League Baseball’s social media policy, which prohibits the usage of physics devices during games.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. ejected

New York Yankees 2nd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. (13) is ejected aft arguing his strike-out during the seventh inning against the Tampa Bay Rays astatine George M. Steinbrenner Field connected April 17, 2025.  (Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images)

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According to the policy, "electronic equipment" cannot beryllium utilized 30 minutes anterior to the commencement of a crippled until its conclusion. Additionally, the argumentation prohibits immoderate contented "that questions the impartiality of oregon different denigrates a Major oregon Minor League umpire." 

Chisholm’s actions connected Thursday appeared to interruption some of those rules. 

After the game, Chisholm told the media that helium did not judge that thing helium had said anterior to the ejection warranted his being kicked retired of the game. He added that his comments aft the telephone was made to eject him astir apt would have. 

Jazz Chisholm Jr. ejected

New York Yankees 2nd baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. (13) is ejected aft arguing arsenic manager Aaron Boone (17) comes retired during the seventh inning against the Tampa Bay Rays astatine George M. Steinbrenner Field connected April 17, 2025. (Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images)

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"I'm a competitor, truthful erstwhile I spell retired there, and I consciousness similar I'm right, and you're saying thing to maine that I deliberation doesn't marque sense, I'm going to get fired up and beryllium upset," helium said. 

"I mislaid my emotions, I mislaid my cool. So, astatine the aforesaid time, I inactive got to beryllium capable to enactment retired determination and play defence for my team. That's wherefore I'm here."

The Yankees bushed the Rays 6-3. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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