Boston, MA — The annual “Thanksgiving for Boston Youth” charity event turned chaotic on Saturday when New York Yankees outfielder Jasson Domínguez made a surprise — and controversial — appearance that has Red Sox Nation fuming.
Eyewitnesses say Domínguez showed up uninvited, dressed head-to-toe as Babe Ruth, complete with vintage Yankees jersey, fake mustache, and a wooden bat slung over his shoulder.
He reportedly walked onto the stage during a youth raffle and shouted:
“Still haunted by 1919?”
— a reference to the infamous sale of Babe Ruth from Boston to New York, often blamed for launching the Red Sox’s 86-year championship drought.
Event organizers were stunned. Children in the audience laughed, but many Red Sox fans — and current team staff in attendance — were left speechless.
Security quickly escorted Domínguez from the venue, but the moment was already going viral online.
Despite public outrage, MLB released a statement saying no disciplinary action would be taken, calling the incident “a lighthearted joke, albeit in poor taste.”
That only further enraged Boston fans, who saw the move as a blatant act of disrespect at a community event meant to support underprivileged youth.
“He knew exactly what he was doing,” said one Red Sox executive anonymously. “And the league is letting it slide like it’s nothing.”
Several Red Sox players reportedly unfollowed Domínguez on social media in the hours following the incident, and sources say team leadership has filed a formal complaint with the league.
Domínguez, meanwhile, posted a cryptic message to his Instagram story just hours later:
🧢 + 🦃 = 👻
(Yankees hat + turkey = ghosts — a play on the “Curse of the Bambino”)
As tensions between the two historic rivals continue to rise, fans are bracing for an even more heated 2025 season.
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