{"id":1034368,"date":"2026-08-31T05:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1034368\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T05:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T05:28:17","slug":"broadcaster-says-red-sox-pitcher-should-drill-yankees-austin-wells-fight-jazz-chisholm-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1034368\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadcaster says Red Sox pitcher should drill Yankees\u2019 Austin Wells, fight Jazz Chisholm Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"

As the New York Yankees piled on in the eighth inning of Sunday\u2019s 16-1 drubbing of the Boston Red Sox, WEEI radio play-by-play man Will Flemming suggested that Red Sox pitcher Jovani Mor\u00e1n throw at Yankees catcher Austin Wells and start a fight with second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., who the announcer also derided as a \u201cbush league player\u201d who \u201cplays the game the wrong way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flemming\u2019s charged comments<\/a> came after Chisholm stole a pair of bases with the Yankees up six runs, drawing the ire of the Red Sox broadcast booth. Later in the frame, Chisholm jogged home slowly after Wells homered off Mor\u00e1n.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd Mor\u00e1n should fight Chisholm,\u201d Flemming said at the time, as he described Mor\u00e1n walking toward third base and staring at Chisholm.<\/p>\n

Moments before, with Wells still at the plate and the Yankees leading 7-1, Flemming and color analyst Will Middlebrooks vented about Chisholm stealing second base and third base during the at-bat. Mor\u00e1n began the inning by walking Chisholm.<\/p>\n

After Chisholm stole third, Flemming suggested Mor\u00e1n should throw at Wells as retaliation against the Yankees.<\/p>\n

\u201cWouldn\u2019t you sort of like to see Mor\u00e1n drill Wells right here?\u201d Flemming said.<\/p>\n

Fleming also called Chisholm \u201ca bush league player.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to say it,\u201d Flemming said later in the inning, \u201che plays the game the wrong way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Middlebrooks\u2019 criticism of Chisholm\u2019s stolen bases was more tempered, though he called the moves \u201cselfish.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBy the way, you\u2019re up six (runs). It\u2019s the eighth (inning). The team is electing not to hold you on. That\u2019s the white flag, right?\u201d said Middlebrooks, who played six seasons in the major leagues, including three with the Red Sox. \u201cNormally in that situation, you don\u2019t run.\u201d<\/p>\n

Requests for comment were sent to the Red Sox and Audacy, which owns WEEI, but were not immediately returned. This story will be updated if that changes.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s matchup was an important game for both teams, which have been jockeying for position in the American League East and in the wild card race.<\/p>\n

Emotions boiled over for the Red Sox in the fifth inning<\/a> when center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela believed he made a diving catch on a Chisholm line drive to center field, only for the umpiring crew to rule otherwise and for a replay challenge to allow their call to stand. What could have been a double play instead led to a five-run inning that opened the floodgates for a blowout.<\/p>\n

There was also outrage inside the WEEI booth over the play. Flemming called the replay review \u201cridiculous,\u201d and he questioned if the MLB Replay Command Center \u201chad its head on straight.\u201d He continued to go back to the play throughout the broadcast, and it was the subject of discussion right before Flemming launched into his critique of Chisholm.<\/p>\n

With the win, the Yankees (78-59) moved four games ahead of Boston (74-63) for second place in the AL East. It was the last time the teams will face each other in the regular season, and the win gave the Yankees the 7-6 edge in the season series.<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0The Athletic\u2019s Jen McCaffrey and Chad Jennings contributed to this report<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the New York Yankees piled on in the eighth inning of Sunday\u2019s 16-1 drubbing of the Boston…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1034369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[41],"tags":[1281,1266,2228,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1034368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117188474002866504","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1034368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1034369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1034368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1034368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1034368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}