The metamorphosis of Jazz Chisholm Jr. from spurned superstar to the Yankees’ season savior actually did happen overnight, thanks to a therapeutic session of playing MLB The Show and mercy-ruling his on-line competitors into the wee hours Wednesday morning.
Turns out, it took a while for Chisholm to get over his Game 1 benching, as one might suspect after he conducted a mumbling interview at his locker with his back turned to the media following the Yankees’ 3-1 loss in Tuesday’s Wild Card Series opener. The real question, however, didn’t come until the next night, when everyone wondered how the frustrated Chisholm would respond in the Yankees’ do-or-die Game 2.
The answer? Chisholm was a one-man cheat code.
With nothing less than the season at stake, Chisholm made a diving defensive ge