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The New York Yankees lost 8–4 on Thursday, and as if a three-game series whitewash at the hands of the Cincinnati Reds wasn’t awful enough, one of their own players received the boo bird treatment.

Yankees center fielder Trent Grisham was seen rushing over to the ball after Reds slugger Jeimer Candelario hit a line drive in the top of the ninth inning and casually reaching down to pick it up.

Then Grisham would bobble it for a few seconds, a split second of focus that changed a single into a double.

At the conclusion of the game, Yankee Stadium’s home crowd expressed their displeasure with the two-time Golden Glove winner’s lack of effort.

Fans on social media also expressed dissatisfaction.

During the playing of the national anthem on July 4, two Yankees and a Reds pitcher argue, but here is why the move backfires.

Not only did the Cincinnati Reds sweep the struggling New York Yankees in three games on Thursday in the Bronx. The national anthem was also won by manager David Bell’s team.

Reds pitchers Graham Ashcraft and Carson Spiers engaged in what has come to be known as a “anthem standoff” with Yankees pitchers Ian Hamilton and Cody Poteet for five minutes prior to Thursday’s matinee.

In essence, it’s a game of chicken where the object is to be the first person on the field to stay there after The Star-Spangled Banner is played the longest. Umpires dismissed both Boston’s Kutter Crawford and Philadelphia’s Matt Strahm after a 2023 confrontation that went so long that the players were ultimately punished by the league.

The five-minute standoff on Thursday, however, ended without any ejections or fines. Instead, it ended simply when starting pitcher Marcus Stroman was about to deliver the first pitch of the game and Yankees manager Aaron Boone, a former third baseman for the Reds, motioned for his men to return to the bench.

And that immediately resulted in another Cincinnati victory, according to Reds slugger Spencer Steer.

Steer, whose three-run home drive in the fifth inning gave Cincinnati a 5-0 lead, added, “That also set the tone.”

Using Ashcraft’s given name, Douglas, the pitcher was lauded by Steer.

After the 8-4 victory, Steer remarked, “That was pretty awesome of Doug just to kind of win that one for us and kind of give us a little edge before the first pitch.”

Alan Porter, the plate umpire, waved both hands in the air, but all four players disregarded him. Porter immediately sent Jim Wolf, the third base umpire, to tell them to get off the field.

Referring to another Reds pitcher, Spiers stated, “Lucas Sims didn’t have a hat out there, so he took my hat because he didn’t want to be standing there without a hat on the Fourth of July.” As a novice, I stood there looking foolish and without a hat or anything. Then, as the event was coming to a conclusion, Sims said, “Spiers, you have to stay here until the very end.” I said to myself, “Well, whatever.” I’ll continue. As expected, their guys also stayed.

When Porter went back to the umpires clubhouse to get a shin guard, they had a little respite. As a rookie earning the $740,000 minimum salary, Spiers made the decision to leave first.

“Considering the fine and realizing that I couldn’t pay it,” he uttered. “Well, I just decided on a business move.”

Finally, both of New York’s injured pitchers left the field as Boone motioned for them to.

“I suppose there’s some competition within the game,” Poteet remarked. “I think that was the first one I’ve ever participated in, but it went all the way to the very end, right before the game started.”

Ashcraft, who is currently in his third major league season, is paid a little bit more, at $750,000. He did not plan to pitch in Thursday’s game, but he did start and get the win in Tuesday’s series opener.

I was like, ‘I’m sticking with you because I’m not moving,’ Ashcraft remarked when one of the guys told Carson to stay when we noticed they weren’t moving. “I have nothing to do today,” I plan to stay until I either win, get kicked out, or both.