{"id":2067675,"date":"2025-10-03T22:13:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T22:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2067675"},"modified":"2025-10-03T22:13:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T22:13:52","slug":"royals-arch-nemesis-frustratingly-helps-spark-yankees-first-round-playoff-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-arch-nemesis-frustratingly-helps-spark-yankees-first-round-playoff-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals’ arch nemesis frustratingly helps spark Yankees’ first-round playoff win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Around this time last year, the Kansas City Royals were in a fierce head-to-head battle with the New York Yankees in the ALDS. <\/p>\n

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Amid their tightly-contested matchup, the Royals made an enemy that would end up sticking longer than just the confines of that best-of-five series. This of course was infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr., who sparked some fire works with some choice comments on the Royals’ Game 2 victory<\/a> and a Maikel Garcia slide into shortstop Anthony Volpe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The bitter rivalry would rear it’s ugly head again earlier this season when Chisholm had some choice words<\/a> once again after Garcia tagged him a little harder than he would’ve liked.<\/p>\n

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Now, as the Royals sit and watch the playoffs unfold from the sidelines, they’ve had to bare witness to their nemesis play a key role in the Yankees’ comeback series victory over the Boston Red Sox.<\/p>\n

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Royals’ nemesis Jazz Chisholm Jr. at the center of Yankees’ Wild Card series victory<\/h2>\n

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The Royals faithful may have thought they got the last laugh over Chisholm after Yankees’ manager Aaron Boone confusingly opted not to include him in the team’s Game 1 lineup<\/a> against Garrett Crochet and the Sox.<\/p>\n

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But after he was re-inserted into New York’s Game 2 plans, it didn’t take long for him to make his mark.<\/p>\n

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While Chisholm would end up going 0-for-3 in this game, he would draw a key walk off reliever Garrett Whitlock. Then, it would only take the next batter for him to showcase his blistering speed by scoring from first on a single from Austin Wells which put the Yankees up 4-3.<\/p>\n

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Jazz Chisholm Jr. JUST beat the tag #Postseason<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/YYGn1mUw8m<\/a><\/p>\n

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That would prove to be the winning the run to draw the series even, setting Chisholm up to play yet another major role in Game 3.<\/p>\n

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The Yankees would take the third game off the backs of a brilliant start from rookie Cam Schlittler<\/a>, but the offense played it’s role, including Chisholm.<\/p>\n

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The second baseman would go 2-for-4, coming in to score one of New York’s four runs in the their deciding fourth inning barrage. <\/p>\n

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Again, the likes of Wells and Ben Rice playing hero in terms of driving most of the key runs in Game 2 and Schlittler’s shutout leading the charge in Game 3’s series clinching victory at least gives Royals fans a bit of solace knowing that the series wasn’t completely won and lost at the hands of their bitter rival.<\/p>\n

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However, the sting will be present nonetheless knowing that Chisholm still seems to be getting the last laugh a year after the feud began.<\/p>\n

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