The New York Yankees may have come back to the winning track, but Jazz Chisholm Jr’s struggle with poor umpiring continues to be a pain point for the second baseman and, most importantly, the clubhouse. After multiple poor strike call incidents at Daikin Park, Chisholm Jr. had a déjà vu when the Blue Jays’ ace Kevin Gausman struck him out at the bottom of the 2nd inning on September 5.

Gausman’s pitch was clearly a ball that the umpire called a strike on a 3-2 count, just when the Yankees were trailing 4-1 after the top of the 2nd, and tried to get back after Giancarlo Stanton’s 418-foot homer to left center.

The call was so obvious that Chisholm Jr. prepared to take his deserved walk to first base, and after a long week of questionable strike zones in Houston, it was enough to light up the fire. Talkin’ Yanks, a vertical of Jomboy Media, captured the mood perfectly, tweeting, “Here we go again…”

At this point, this common incident has now become frustrating for the Pinstripes fans, which started way back in Houston. When skipper Aaron Boone brought in reliever Devin Williams in a tied eighth inning on Wednesday, September 3rd, Williams got squeezed by home plate umpire Brian Walsh. This led to a bases-loaded walk and an Astros four-run explosion and flipped the scoreboard upside down. After that, Williams and Boone both were tossed, but the nightmare didn’t end.

In the ninth, down 8–7, when the Yankees had a chance, the 27-year-old 2nd baseman took a 3-2 pitch he thought was ball four, and Walsh called strike three, ending the game. Even when Walsh moved to third base the next night, the drama continued. When Ryan McMahon caught a Jose Altuve soft liner in the sixth inning, before fumbled on the transfer. Walsh ruled that there was no catch, which ultimately helped the Astros cut the lead to 4-2.

Later, reacting to the incident, the 2x All-Star reposted a tweet from the NY Knicks star Josh Hart, who wrote, “That Ump needs to be suspended. He’s trash.” And two days later, when a similar incident took place, the Yankees fans could not hide their frustration.

How long does Jazz Chisholm Jr. have to struggle against poor umpiring?

Reacting to the poor call against the Blue Jays, one fan said, “It’s really everybody against the Yankees at this point.” This feeling is the direct result of the Houston series when umpire Brian Walsh made 16 incorrect calls against the Pinstripes that gave the Astros a stunning +1.4 run advantage, and the Yankees lost that game by a single run.

So when the same thing happened once again in the very next, and one of the most crucial series that can change the future of the division and the team, one fan repeated that feelings, “Umps doing everything they can to help Toronto lmfao.” 

At the center of this storm stood one player: Jazz Chisholm Jr. He was the one at the plate for the final out against Houston’s 8-7 win, and now it’s him again. Another fan expressed his frustration, saying, “Why is it always against Jazz man. S— not right.” This sentiment comes from two brutal moments, and even after the first event, Jazz himself said, “When you’ve got umpires that want to be the players, that’s what happens.”

Through all the chaos, one name has become infamous: Brian Walsh, the villain of Wednesday’s loss, who ruled McMahon’s no catch again on Thursday. So after the recent strike call in the Toronto series, one fan quipped, “Brian Walsh. That you?” 

Ultimately, the anger and memes boil down to one final plea: “GET ME ABS THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.” And we can’t argue because Brian Walsh’s umpiring in the Houston series and the recent strike call are the reasons why robot umpires are needed.