Citing backlash, broadcaster Will Flemming apologizes after calling for Red Sox-Yankees fight

"These rivalry games get me fired up; I apologize for letting the emotion of the moment get the best of me," Will Flemming wrote on X.

Red Sox radio broadcaster Will Flemming drew attention for controversial comments he made about Jazz Chisholm and Austin Wells during the team's series against the Yankees.

Austin Wells homered twice in a nine-run eighth, Heliot Ramos hit a three-run homer in the fifth as the New York Yankees widened their lead in the AL wild-card race and clinched the season series against the Boston Red Sox with a 16-1 victory on Sunday

Austin Wells homers twice in 9-run eighth, Heliot Ramos homers in fifth as Yankees rout Red Sox 16-1  Toronto Star