Chisholm's feud with Garcia reignites during Yankees-Royals - ESPN

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The mutual dislike between New York Yankees third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Kansas City Royals third baseman Maikel Garcia continued Tuesday night, with Chisholm leaving the first game of the series between the teams with a sore neck after an attempted tag from Garcia.

On an attempted steal of third base during New York's 10-2 victory, Garcia tried to apply a tag to Chisholm and knocked his helmet askew in the process. The throw from catcher Freddy Fermin caromed off Garcia's glove. Chisholm popped up to one knee and was shown on the television broadcast saying to Yankees third base coach Luis Rojas: «I'm going to tell you one more time — if he tags me like that one more time, I'm going to smack the f--- out of him.»

When asked after the game for his response to Chisholm's comments, Garcia said, «I'm waiting for it,» and added, «It's just talk.»

The beef between Chisholm and Garcia started last October, when Chisholm drew the ire of Kansas City fans by saying the Royals «got lucky» in their Game 2 American League Division Series win. Following the Yankees' series-clinching Game 4 victory, Chisholm accused Garcia of trying to injure New York shortstop Anthony Volpe on a hard slide into second base, calling Garcia a «sore loser.»

The crowd of 30,017 at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday showered Chisholm with boos in each of his at-bats, though he later admitted to appreciating the welcome.

«I went up to home plate today and told Fermin, 'I kind of like it,'» Chisholm said. «I'm not at home, so I would rather walk up to something instead of walking up to no noise at all. I feel like on the road when road hitters come up and there's nothing going on, I feel like it's just, like, bland. Go ahead and boo me.