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New York Yankees star player Jazz Chisholm Jr. was booed during the introduction to the World Baseball Classic on Friday as he represented Team Great Britain.
Chisholm was the only player to be booed during the introduction of Great Britain’s match against Mexico, which took place in Houston, according to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. Chisholm was also jeered every time he came to the plate.
The reason for the boosts is unknown.
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Jazz Chisholm Jr. #3 of Team Great Britain poses for a photo during the Team Great Britain photo day at the American Family Fields of Phoenix on Monday, March 2, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Norm Hall/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Chisholm chose to play for Great Britain because he was born in the Bahamas, a former British colony and current Commonwealth realm, making him eligible under tournament rules.
Chisholm drew criticism several times during the 2025 season while playing for the Yankees. He was initially suspended for one game and fined by MLB for writing “Not even f—ing close!!!!!” the X, which appears to refer to a decision by a referee to send him off in a match in April. The one match ban was overturned on appeal, but a fine remained.
The infielder was mocked on social media after a head-scratching baserunning blunder against his former team, the Miami Marlins, in August.
Chisholm was on first base in the top of the second inning with Paul Goldschmidt up at bat. The Yankees’ batter popped up to Marlins second baseman Xavier Edwards. Chisholm was too far away from first base and was caught napping. Edwards then threw to first for the double play that ended the inning.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. #3 of Great Britain reacts prior to the 2026 World Baseball Classic Pool B game against Mexico at Daikin Park on March 6, 2026 in Houston, Texas. (Kenneth Richmond/Getty Images)
“What was Chisholm thinking?” Yankees play-by-play man Michael Kay asked.
Chishlom said afterward that he wouldn’t have changed a thing, adding that he tried to be aggressive on the basepaths by forcing Edwards to possibly make an error. He later did not start Game 1 of the Yankees’ Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox when the postseason began.
When reporters approached Chisholm in the Yankee clubhouse after the game, he barely bothered them, keeping his back turned for almost the entire duration of his media session and shuffling things in his locker.
“We’ve got to do what we’ve got to do to win, right? That’s the way I look at it,” he said begrudgingly.
Following the Yankees’ playoff exit in a divisional round loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, Chisholm faced backlash for a photo showing him partying with 50 Cent at a New York nightclub.
19 July 2025; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. (13) at third base against the Atlanta Braves in the sixth inning at Truist Park. (Brett Davis-Imagn Images)
Prior to the start of last season, last March, Chisholm raised eyebrows when he declared that baseball is a “white sport”.
“I’m not going to say this. Baseball is a white sport. I feel like white people criticize everything a black man does. Black men are outspoken. They say what’s on their mind.” he told The Athletic. “The unwritten rules of baseball are white. And I always broke the unwritten rules of baseball.”
