Yankees manager Aaron Boone not happy about Jazz Chisholm playing with lollipop in his mouth: 'That pisses me off'
Yankees manager Aaron Boone not happy about Jazz Chisholm playing with lollipop in his mouth: 'That pisses me off'
Jack BaerWed, June 24, 2026 at 12:55 AM UTC
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Yankees manager Aaron Boone not happy about Jazz Chisholm playing with lollipop in his mouth: 'That pisses me off'
New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone has spent a surprising amount of time talking about a lollipop in the past 24 hours.
That would be the lollipop of Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. who was seen on camera sucking on the sweet during Monday's 5-3 loss against the Detroit Tigers.
Does that constitute a scandal? Probably not. However, Boone certainly didn't seem happy about it while speaking on "Talkin' Yanks" the next day. The manager revealed he spoke to Chisholm about the lollipop after the game and said it won't happen again:
"Oh yeah, that pisses me off. I didn't know about it until after the game. So he and I talked about that. That won't be going on."
He was then told this wasn't the first time Chisholm had taken the field with a lollipop, as he previously took an at-bat with one against the Boston Red Sox. At that point, Boone held off on further comment:
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"That was the second time? There was another time?… That's… I'm not on that."
Then came Boone's pregame media availability at the ballpark, when he downplayed the matter:
"I just don't think he should have had a lollipop out on the field. Nothing more, less. Justt wasn't a good look to me. So that's that.
"I was annoyed by it, I addressed it. Let's move on from it. At the end of the day, it's not that big a deal."
Lest you think Chisholm was bothered by the correction, he homered in Tuesday's game against the Tigers. His comment as he entered the dugout: "Where's my lollipop?" He then showed the YES Network camera a container of bubble gum.
All of this comes a few days after Chisholm drew attention last week with his refusal to wear a cup.
In terms of actual baseball, Chisholm entered Tuesday hitting .226/.312/.404 while holding down second base for the Yankees. That homer was his 12th of the season.
Source: “AOL Sports”
