Jazz Chisholm Jr., Yankees flap back at Red Sox voices criticism as Aaron Boone reveals his role

ANAHEIM, Calif.– After doing what his manager told him to do and stealing two bases in the eighth inning of a six-run game Sunday, Jazz Chisholm Jr.

woke up Monday morning in the center of a controversy.The Yankees second baseman was labeled by Red Sox broadcaster Will Flemming as a “bush league player” who “plays the game the wrong way.” Fleming indicated that Chisholm was out of line because the Red Sox had elected not to hold him on at first base — which is the very development that led Aaron Boone to tell Chisholm to take off.Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.

Fleming later added that the Red Sox should throw at Austin Wells, who was at the plate when Chisholm took off, and that pitcher Jovani Moran should start a fight with Chisholm, as retaliation for the steals.“Lost for words,” Chisholm said Monday at Angel Stadium.“I did not expect that when I woke up.

But people show you who they are.”Flemming spoke with Boone on Monday to offer his apology and also posted one to social media, saying he “crossed a line.” Chisholm said he had not heard from Flemming and did not care to.“The unwritten rules, they’re called unwritten rules because you’re not really breaking any rules,” Chisholm said.“You’ve seen teams — actually them, last year, do the same thing, where they were pouring on runs and we didn’t have nothing to say or do about it.

That’s just showing how unprofessional he is.That’s all it is.”While Boone said he accepted and appreciated Flemming’s apology, he stood behind his decision to tell Chisholm to run.

As first reported by Yankees play-by-play man Michael Kay on his radio show Monday, Boone had initially told Chisholm not to run after he walked with no outs in the bottom of the eighth with, at the time, a 7-1 lead.But once the Red Sox had first baseman Nick Sogard not hold Chisholm on at first, Bo...