Yankees burned by Jazz Chisholm immaturity (on terrible call) as spiral continues vs. Red Sox

Remember when the Yankees all rallied around Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s controversial lollipop and turned it into a galvanizing moment that might just have gotten them back on the right track? Good times. Anyway, just a handful of games later, the Yankees were in the midst of their third straight lengthy no-hit bid at the hands of the Boston Red Sox, and Chisholm was stuck in the middle of an umpire's decision to take matters into his own hands. It didn't go well for him.

With two outs and none on in the sixth inning (no kidding, what a shocker!) with the Sox attempting to polish off a four-game sweep (from 11 games under .500, of course), Chisholm went about 1/3 of the way around on a 2-2 pitch. The home plate umpire called him out without consulting anyone, then turned towards Jazz and stood on business.

It's common courtesy to check with the first-base umpire on a judgment call. Home plate umpire Adam Hamari didn't act very courteous. But the fault in this situation does not lie with him, as obnoxious as that move was and as incorrect as he was.

Because Chisholm Jr. continued to jaw and jaw, and as the game pivoted to commercial on NBC, eagle-eyed viewers assumed that Aaron Boone was about to get run in one of his patented faux-rally-starting moves. Instead, when the game returned, Chisholm was gone.

Yankees trying to avoid no-hit history vs. Red Sox, Sonny Gray after Jazz Chisholm put them in inexplicable hole

This team lacks for offense to an almost historic degree - again, they've been no-hit four at least four innings by the BoSox on three consecutive days. And yet Chisholm, installed in the leadoff spot in a new-look Yankees lineup (Memo to Aaron Boone: Not working!) just couldn't help himself.

The Yankees have not put themselves in a position to get any kind of preferential treatment from the umpiring crew this weekend. Safe to say Michael Kay's ill-timed anti-"Yankees Suck!" burn in the opener of the four-game set didn't pan out the way he'd hoped (also very predictable). They can't afford a single thing that's happened to them, but they certainly can't afford to be undermanned in the late innings of this slog. Jazz is fresh off a reprimand for an immature candy-based act. Unfortunate to see he might've learned that lesson, but lost a different recipe a few days later. Downright embarrassing.

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