Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. crosses plate without both shoes - ESPN

NEW YORK — Shoeless Jazz crossed the plate, a century after Shoeless Joe.

Both of Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s cleats flew off his feet as he scored from second base in the New York Yankees' 4-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles in an unusual morning start Sunday.

«I was so sweaty. My socks were wet. Everything had just slipped straight out,» he said.

Chisholm doubled twice, including a go-ahead, two-run drive off the right-center-field wall in the eighth inning, then slid into catcher Gary Sánchez for the final run as New York put the shoe on the other foot, so to speak. The AL East-leading Yankees won their second straight after losing seven of eight in a game that will be remembered for Chisholm's size 10½ Jordan 1 spikes.

Shoeless Joe supposedly was given his nickname on June 6, 1908, playing semipro ball for the independent Greenville Spinners against the Anderson Electricians. New cleats had caused blisters, and he took them off and hit a long home run in the seventh inning.

Jackson won a World Series title with the Chicago White Sox in 1917, then was among eight players on the so-called «Black Sox» who were banned for life after they were accused of intentionally losing the 1919 Series to Cincinnati in exchange for money from gamblers. He finished with a .356 average in 13 major league seasons.

Asked whether he should be called Shoeless Jazz, Chisholm responded: «Wow. Is that how Shoeless Joe got his name? He ran out of his shoe?» When told Jackson earned the nickname in the 1910s, Chisholm quipped: «Oh, so he wasn't wearing shoes.»

«I saw a lot of firsts,» Yankees captain Aaron Judge said. «11:30 game to a guy losing both his shoes. I've seen one cleat kind of running but not both like that. That was awesome.»

Chisholm is