NEW YORK — Jazz Chisholm has no problem briefly stepping away from a conversation to play a song in his new clubhouse. Four times while being interviewed at Yankee Stadium on Sunday morning, Chisholm's voice trailed off as one song finished, after which he stopped talking, looked at his phone, and jogged across the clubhouse to manage the sound system. "Damn, I forgot how quick that song is," Chisholm muttered as his thumb scrolled through his phone. "Sorry, one more." Some baseball players take the responsibility of clubhouse DJ seriously, but this was a level of dedication I hadn't seen before.
So, after Chisholm apologized a third time for pausing our conversation to play another hip-hop song, it piqued my interest.
What's the deal? "These are songs I like," Chisholm said. "This is me." Are they on your personal playlist? Songs you've saved over the years? "No, this is me!
This is me singing!" Chisholm said incredulously, because I was still astonished that the rapper's smooth voice booming through the clubhouse speakers belonged to the Yankees starting third baseman. "All of these songs, the artist is me!