In the top of the second inning on Saturday, Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. became the latest Bomber to make an unthinkable base running mistake. With one out, Paul Goldschmidt hit a pop-up to Miami Marlins second baseman Xavier Edwards. As the ball settled into Edwards’ glove, Chisholm was standing well off the bag at first, flat-footed and completely unprepared for Edwards to fire the ball behind him and complete an inning-ending double play. Later in the game, YES Network broadcasters Michael Kay and Paul O’Neill discussed Bombers manager Aaron Boone’s refusal to yank players who make boneheaded mistakes from games. O’Neill concluded that Boone’s soft approach is best, because pulling Chisholm’s bat out of the lineup could hurt the team. O’Neill is dead wrong. Boone’s coddling clearly isn’t working. The Yankees have been a clown show of late. Shortstop Anthony Volpe has been committing game-changing errors in bunches. Austin Wells forgot how many outs there were and was tagged out just strollinRead More
Yankees manager Aaron Boone must get harsh with his players
