Yankees Announcer Defends Jazz Chisholm Jr. Following Controversial Ejection

During an interview Friday on “Foul Territory,” Frazier acknowledged the possibility that Bacon called the 3-2 pitch a strike to “make up” for the missed 2-2 pitch.

“I feel Jazz’s pain,” said Frazier, who now calls Yankees games on the YES Network. “At the end of the day, you missed the call. Not my problem.”

Chisholm didn’t hide his anger after the ejection, writing “Not even [expletive] close” on X (formerly Twitter) only minutes after returning to the locker room. He later deleted the post and potentially faces a fine for violating the league’s social media policy.

Neither the Yankees nor the league had announced any punishment as of publication. 

“I don’t care,” Chisholm Jr. told reporters Thursday night. “I did what I did.”

Bacon previously turned heads last Sunday when he missed 17 calls during last Sunday’s Toronto Blue Jays vs. Baltimore Orioles game. The Umpire Auditor account found that Bacon missed eight calls, all against the Orioles, in the first three innings of Baltimore’s 10-inning loss.

“As an umpire, you gotta just lock it in a little more,” Frazier said, “and I thought he did call some pitches that should have gone the other way … for both teams.”