The Freakout King of Baseball

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  • Опубліковано 20 лют 2024
  • Made by @srsfico1017, @BaseballHistorian, and @SRSMike
    Paul O'Neill was really good at his job, but he also had quite the reputation for being intense, whining on the field, and making for some incredibly fun baseball rage highlights.
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  • @snerdterguson
    @snerdterguson 3 місяці тому +53

    Fans of the Yankees from 1993-2001 were allowed to watch one of the most competitive baseball players in history. Nobody expected more of themself than Paul did. I really hope I get to meet him someday so I can thank him in person for caring so much and so obviously. It was a true pleasure rooting for him.

  • @scottnotpilgrim
    @scottnotpilgrim 3 місяці тому +50

    Was a kid/teenager during his Yankee days, no water cooler was safe from O'Neil

    • @HufflepuffBaseball42313
      @HufflepuffBaseball42313 2 місяці тому

      Born in 2004. Would have killed to been around in the era when we actually beat the Red Sox in the playoffs

  • @joshtudryn2236
    @joshtudryn2236 3 місяці тому +9

    I'll never forget the time Cosmo Kramer made a promise to a sick kid that Paul would hit two homers for him. And he almost did but the second home run, an inside the parker, was ruled a triple with an error.

  • @matthewheide4797
    @matthewheide4797 3 місяці тому +38

    Paul O'Neill was an ESPN Sports Center favorite back in the day. The water coolers are epic, thanks for making me feel old again and please keep it up.

    • @AndrewJano24
      @AndrewJano24 3 місяці тому +5

      Now he’s a favorite in the YES network booth

  • @IOWAHAWKEYES2020
    @IOWAHAWKEYES2020 3 місяці тому +21

    0:48 Actually, yes I have seen someone chuck their bat in frustration while hitting a HR. I was at Wrigley when Bryce Harper hit a high fly to left, he thought he just missed it, tossed his bat and the wind carried the ball out. I looked up the game and it was 5/26/2015. Harpers HR is in the 7th if you wanna see.

    • @carlwilliams9642
      @carlwilliams9642 3 місяці тому

      I think it happened a lot in 2019 too. Players would think they got under the pitch and the juiced balls just kept carrying. lol

  • @cbgthekid
    @cbgthekid 3 місяці тому +13

    That clip of papi beating the wall of the dug out with the bat flashes through my head about 10 times a week when I'm frustrated at work.

  • @codenamelarry6518
    @codenamelarry6518 3 місяці тому +28

    I love Amir Garrett’s freakout where he tried to fight the entire Pittsburgh Pirates team with Puig (who had already been traded at that point)

    • @WT1wL
      @WT1wL 3 місяці тому +1

      This video is about the WARRIOR. shush zoomer

    • @codenamelarry6518
      @codenamelarry6518 3 місяці тому +2

      @@WT1wL You make a good point, but your aggression makes you less credible and demonstrates that you are unhappy in your personal life, and you feel taking it out towards random people on the internet will make it better.

    • @WT1wL
      @WT1wL 3 місяці тому

      @@codenamelarry6518 lol actually I was just bored. And obviously by your comment your a zoomer bc anyone who saw him play wouldn't be talking about amir Garrett

    • @hi_c.v7289
      @hi_c.v7289 3 місяці тому

      @@WT1wLliterally no one compared how they play dumbass they both just had funny freak outs old fucks can’t do anything without speaking down on someone

  • @siloshroom2132
    @siloshroom2132 3 місяці тому +20

    I watch every Yankees game on YES, and I stg he is like the chillest dude ever behind the mic😂 always cracking jokes and just an overall cool guy

  • @dirtface5923
    @dirtface5923 3 місяці тому +8

    he had such a cool swing and he caught a ball in his hat for a kid dying of cancer.

  • @georgerodriguez2987
    @georgerodriguez2987 3 місяці тому +3

    Great Yankee very underrated player around baseball saw most of it as a kid loved him like crazy just one of those incredible competitors in Yankees history A-Rod said it best in that Esquire article you did not want O’Neill to beat you

  • @cjcable6995
    @cjcable6995 3 місяці тому +3

    Warrior is genuinely so nice to everyone off the field. He just is a raging perfectionist off it. He has a storybook love story with his wife, great relationships with his kids, is a great son, and a great friend and guide to a lot of players. He just gets psycho on the field.

  • @BenjaminHyink
    @BenjaminHyink 3 місяці тому +4

    My favorite freakout is big Papi demolishing the phone in the dugout in Baltimore

  • @big8dog887
    @big8dog887 3 місяці тому +6

    The irony of the Paul O'Neill-Lou Piniella beef is that Piniella had pretty much the exact same personality.

    • @jamz5871
      @jamz5871 2 місяці тому +1

      Your right, I watched Piniella smash a few coolers in the 70's with the Yankees. Frankly, I think guys like them and Munson who are hard on themselves bring out the best in their team mates. Hence, "The Warrior".

  • @TheRandalHandle
    @TheRandalHandle 3 місяці тому +5

    I remember watching O'Neill destroying various features in the dugout when I was a kid. It was pretty impressive. Unfortunately I'm a Seattle fan so there are bad memories as well....

  • @denistuohy2535
    @denistuohy2535 3 місяці тому +2

    One of the most underrated and under appreciated players ever

  • @floridasportsworld
    @floridasportsworld 3 місяці тому +2

    That Yankee team in the late 90's was special. I loved Paul O'Neil, Daryl Strawberry, Jeter, David Wells, Bernie Williams, Posada, El Duque, Hideki Irabu, Tino Martinez, David Cone, Pettit. Rivera, that team was legendary. Tough, Gritty, New York. I hated the Yankees but admired them at the same time. Nothing like the old Yankee Stadium, the fans and that team was special. Tino Martinez as well so many players on that team were so good and critical.

  • @explorewithme4707
    @explorewithme4707 3 місяці тому +8

    I just started this video. But somewhere in here better be the time. He kicked the ball to 1st base. That’s one of the greatest baseball clips ever.

    • @srsfico1017
      @srsfico1017 3 місяці тому

      I couldn't make a vid about him without showing the clip haha

    • @ethanniedorowski116
      @ethanniedorowski116 3 місяці тому +1

      Life long baseball fan 37 never seen that.... maybe greatest willing this shit to happen I've ever seen... 🤔
      I mean really dropped the ball an in 1 sec makes the call that kicking a dot was the only play

  • @ricaug50
    @ricaug50 3 місяці тому +4

    Nice job guys! I'm a life long baseball/Cardinal fan, I always got a kick (no pun intended) from watching guys blow their tops during the game and Paul O'Neill was a master. As good as he was smashing water coolers and throwing helmets, he was even better at getting clutch hits, (and clutch kicks)! He truly was a baseball warrior.

  • @GaIeforce
    @GaIeforce 3 місяці тому +1

    Lou Piniella managed Paul O'Neill back in his Cincinatti years, but it's also important to know that Lou Piniella, too, was no stranger to freakouts of his own as well. That freakout of his when he kicked his cap around was a classic.

  • @getthepapersgetthepapers
    @getthepapersgetthepapers 3 місяці тому +2

    The greatest. Dude could hit a three-run shot into the upper deck and his face would look like he just grounded into a double play

  • @bryantsteury8910
    @bryantsteury8910 3 місяці тому +1

    “No you’ll never get another hit again” that’s exactly the kind of sarcasm my dad used when we were kids and struggling. It absolutely helped however because it comically put it into perspective how absurd that question was

  • @gloriagurinko9237
    @gloriagurinko9237 12 днів тому

    My absolute fave of all time! Loved his passion for the game!!! I don't have just one favorite memory, but I loved his last game when fans chanted his name for what seemed like FOREVER❣️ Also, how I wept right along with him to the song "We Are the Champions" after the game the night his father passed.

  • @jaycepero8069
    @jaycepero8069 3 місяці тому +1

    I freaking love Paul O'Neil. Those late 90s Yankees are the last MLB dynasty.

  • @guardianeifie
    @guardianeifie 3 місяці тому +2

    Best baseball freakout: Lloyd McClenden when he ripped the bases out of the ground and chucked them around the diamond.

  • @joeabraham878
    @joeabraham878 3 місяці тому +2

    I'm the same age as O'Neill and also from Columbus, so I played against him quite a bit growing up. He had a major temper then and we used to needle him from the dugout. One game in high school, he was pitching (he threw gas, naturally) and we hit him some and Brookhaven took him out and put him in right field. He was seething. I recall there was no fence - or a really deep one - and one of our guys hit one over his head. He went back and got the ball, I'm guessing maybe 380 feet from the plate and threw an absolute strike to third base to almost get the runner. We were in the third base dugout and all of us who had been riding him just looked at each other and started laughing, like wtf was that?

    • @joeabraham878
      @joeabraham878 3 місяці тому +1

      And by some crazy chance, I happened to go on a baseball trip in 1989 to several stadiums and was sitting in an empty right field in Philly when O'Neill kicked that ball back into the infield.

  • @Where2bub
    @Where2bub 3 місяці тому +1

    😂 SNY “Or snee if you would” @1:24

  • @chriscreaturo8809
    @chriscreaturo8809 3 місяці тому

    I never get tired when the YES broadcast brings up the water cooler incident 😂😂 so good

  • @MikeyB540
    @MikeyB540 3 місяці тому +5

    Dudes will see this and say hell yeah

  • @SRSMike
    @SRSMike 3 місяці тому +5

    My Mets fan father might disown me for saying I appreciate Paul O'Neill

  • @David..
    @David.. 3 місяці тому +1

    Loved watching this man play. Very clutch hitter and always put good at bats together in high pressure situations liked Matsui for the same reason. It’s kind of funny how he’s like basically a human Labrador Retriever in retirement since I spent all those years watching him destroy water coolers and being a crazy person but that’s just how it goes when you’re really focused and intense about something. Side note I’m pretty sure the companies that sponsored those coolers (or what was in them) loved the attention he drew to them 😂.

  • @manuelpinzon7207
    @manuelpinzon7207 3 місяці тому +1

    I am 31, liked the Yankees since I have memory, and Paul is one of the first players I remember, a pleasure to watch him play

  • @GulsCult
    @GulsCult Місяць тому

    I'm Bronx born and raised in the Mattingly era, and I grew up practically inside Yankee Stadium. But I think every Yankee fan who's a little older has to rate George Brett's pine tar freak out in their top three freakouts of all time. I was present for many memorable moments at Yankee Stadium, but I WISH I was there for that one!!

  • @joegti10
    @joegti10 3 місяці тому +3

    paul oneill has intangibles and was a pure winner which cant be statistically measured by the nerds.

    • @decker528
      @decker528 3 місяці тому

      There's nothing the nerds can't measure, just ask one

    • @joeschmoe6908
      @joeschmoe6908 3 місяці тому

      Being on high-payroll teams full of superstars is an intangible now?

  • @voidvisual
    @voidvisual 3 місяці тому +3

    PAUL O'NEILL 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @pac-man2907
    @pac-man2907 2 місяці тому

    Paul O’Neil was the first pro baseball player that I ever met in person. 1991 at a baseball signing in a mall. His size and physicality blew me away. Worthy tribute.

  • @elliotthunter6226
    @elliotthunter6226 3 місяці тому +1

    Seems like he was always a tough out. Underrated player for sure

  • @uberboomer8670
    @uberboomer8670 3 місяці тому

    I was a teenager watching him and the Yankees dominate my Sox, but he was one of those guys that no matter how fierce the rivalry you couldn't help but respect the hell out of

  • @BronsonFerri
    @BronsonFerri 3 місяці тому +1

    "Your dad got to watch this one" fucking got me.

  • @Chili-su3mm
    @Chili-su3mm 3 місяці тому +1

    He is my favorite player of all time, thank you for this.

  • @jclad5929
    @jclad5929 3 місяці тому +3

    Bro thats literally me, Im way too competitive in Baseball and I can't control myself, I also have high standards for myself and if I do one thing wrong Ill get so mad.

  • @NeoJester23
    @NeoJester23 3 місяці тому +2

    He was the reason I wore 21 on my high school baseball team

  • @MassTrucker92
    @MassTrucker92 13 днів тому

    I love the Banjo Kazooie music. Perfect for Paul.

  • @BSmokeyGaming
    @BSmokeyGaming 3 місяці тому +1

    I can definitely see why Bryce Harper actually adapted that personality from Paul O’Neal and Bryce actually reminds me of O’Neal’s play style and his passion of baseball back then.

  • @jeffreykoran4820
    @jeffreykoran4820 3 місяці тому +1

    HE SHOULD BE IN THE HALL OF FAME...HE WAS THAT GOOD!!!!

  • @miguelecastro
    @miguelecastro 3 місяці тому +1

    My favorite Yankee of all time, Paul O'Neil.

  • @mnethercott816
    @mnethercott816 3 місяці тому +3

    My dad named my middle name after him. He is one of my faves to listen to on YES.

  • @joehuettinger3300
    @joehuettinger3300 3 місяці тому +1

    My favorite player growing up. I always wore his number

  • @johnanthony9923
    @johnanthony9923 3 місяці тому +3

    Compare O'Neill to the current Yankees! The only time they will *EVER* show emotion is when they're throwing temper tantrums over calls they don't like! You will *NEVER* see the current Yankees getting mad at themselves. And if Boone is throwing one of his many....many....many....temper tantrums, you KNOW it's not because of Glayber Torres' 17th baserunning error of the game. It's because the ump missed a strike call by a half inch.

  • @smoceany9478
    @smoceany9478 3 місяці тому +1

    jim abbot and pat venditte also have special handedness sections on their bbref

  • @josephsalyers8405
    @josephsalyers8405 3 місяці тому +1

    Growing up as a Reds fan, I was pretty young when they traded O'neill to the Yanks. But I still remember thinking that they we're making a mistake even then. Maybe it was his destiny to play in pinstripes, still even now I can't help but wish he could've retired with us. Hard not to respect a man who leaves it all on the field every single time. Miss you Paulie! 😡🤬🤪

  • @davidperez909
    @davidperez909 2 місяці тому

    This was so great to watch as a kid.

  • @GaIeforce
    @GaIeforce 3 дні тому

    I looked at Paul O'Neill's stat page and can't help but notice he had a career high 22 stolen bases... in 2001... when he was 38. He was productive, even in the twilight of his career, and he still had wheels at an age where most players fall off a cliff. It makes me wonder how long he could've kept playing until he physically couldn't play above sea level anymore.

  • @johncooper9887
    @johncooper9887 3 місяці тому +1

    O'Neill was guerilla handler for Daryl Strawberry, I remember watching him dragging Daryll back to the dugout many times

  • @keithharper1470
    @keithharper1470 3 місяці тому +1

    Paul always had a good swing

  • @Headhunter_212
    @Headhunter_212 3 місяці тому

    lol. I heckled O’Neill (1988? With Cincy vs KC Haines city FL?). In spring training game. He was a mile behind some guy’s belt-high fastball for a swinging strike. We were 5-6 rows directly behind the plate at weekday day game and I’m giving him both barrels (clean material, mind you). And he steps out and stares right back at where we were sitting.
    I Didn’t buy another beer all day.

  • @Cindoreye
    @Cindoreye 11 днів тому

    When I was a kid I received a poster of O'Neil from people who thought I was a bit intense in how I played. I can safely say though that I had nothing on the man himself. The reason that O'Neil was given a pass for most of his outbursts was because the target of these reaction was himself most of the time. He held himself to an impossible standard, which caused problems to certain extent, but is the kind of drive for success that should be admired. I still have that poster to this day.

  • @SomeTomahawk
    @SomeTomahawk 3 місяці тому +1

    Prayers for your friend good sir I'm so sorry he's going through that ):

  • @MuRR1zzLe
    @MuRR1zzLe 3 місяці тому +1

    Never forget the water cooler memorial at his # retirement

  • @jaycompany4886
    @jaycompany4886 2 місяці тому

    Paul O'Neil was a important cog in those championships....great money player.....i remember that catch he made against the braves in their 1st chip.

  • @tonyrichard7966
    @tonyrichard7966 3 місяці тому +1

    The warrior!!! Bar none!!!!

  • @christianwild8037
    @christianwild8037 3 місяці тому

    Tomorrow night, Paul O’Neil has to catch a fly ball in his hat…

  • @brianbelden2449
    @brianbelden2449 3 місяці тому +3

    Paul O'Neil was the true face, heart and soul of those great Yankees teams, NOT Derek Jeter.

  • @darrenholmes4213
    @darrenholmes4213 3 місяці тому +1

    Heart and Soul of those championship teams. Yankees have no one that would die for the pinstripes anymore. Thats why we suck.

  • @johnanthony9923
    @johnanthony9923 3 місяці тому +2

    Competitive and passionate.
    The opposite of the current Yankees.

  • @thomasguglielmo1509
    @thomasguglielmo1509 3 місяці тому +1

    The Tommy lasodra freakout

  • @JLFilms4467
    @JLFilms4467 3 місяці тому +5

    you should do a video on the 1980s islanders dynasty in the nhl. they won 4 stanley cups in a row and won the most playoff series in a row by any north american sports team ever. their dynasty is so forgotten

  • @theDiReW0lf
    @theDiReW0lf 15 днів тому

    Favorite player of all time. Probably why I would get so pissed off when I struck out in little league.

  • @nypinstripes
    @nypinstripes 3 місяці тому +1

    The Warrior!

  • @sporer_
    @sporer_ 3 місяці тому

    I totally get the "let me get more mad at myself than anyone else can get at me" mentality as I'm guilty of it, too, but it's suuuuuper uncomfortable for other teammates and I'm sure a lot of guys hated that shit

  • @ChairmanMeow1
    @ChairmanMeow1 3 місяці тому +3

    Its a miracle there arent freakouts constantly. I mean its cliche to say, but you fail 70% of the time! O'Neill was batshit but he put that passion into his game too, so everyone loved him.

    • @iamhungey12345
      @iamhungey12345 2 місяці тому +1

      Plus the fans may have seen themselves in the guy at times as well. If things doesn't goes well, he'd share the same frustration.

  • @DemoMan_69
    @DemoMan_69 3 місяці тому

    The first freakout I ever saw was Ramon Laurano against the Astros

  • @shawnrieser6299
    @shawnrieser6299 3 місяці тому +1

    Went to high school with him good dude

  • @susanmenegus5543
    @susanmenegus5543 3 місяці тому +3

    The warrior 🗽🗽🗽

  • @jgangstahippie
    @jgangstahippie 3 місяці тому

    Should have included his game saving catch in the 96 WS on a balky hamstring.

  • @medguy12
    @medguy12 2 місяці тому

    Oldest player to reach the 20/20 plateau. He was always finding ways to help his club win

  • @kevinarthur8488
    @kevinarthur8488 3 місяці тому +4

    As an 80s baby and 90s kid, and a lifelong yankees fan…. Yes even before 1996…. 3 players I never felt got the credit they deserved in pinstripes were bernie Williams, hideki matsui, and Paul O’Neil. When the bright lights of the playoffs came on you could always count on these guys to step it up. Also Paul O’Neil is a pretty decent commentator/broadcaster nowadays. He’s nearly the opposite personality as I thought he would be, and I mean that in a very good way.

    • @snerdterguson
      @snerdterguson 3 місяці тому

      Bernie Williams is the perfect definition of borderline HOF. He was the offensive driving force of the best team in baseball over a stretch of about 8-10 years, is in the top ten of basically every postseason batting stat, from 1995-2003 was a better hitter than Ken Griffey Jr. All that screams HOF, but his overall numbers in the regular season fall a bit short of Hall worthiness. I personally feel he's a HOF worthy player, but I don't think it is outrageous that he's not in like I feel for Mattingly and Munson.
      And Bernie is my favorite Yankee in my lifetime. I was lucky enough to see him play a TON of games when he was in AA. So many, that he recognized my 9-10 year old self when my family was on vacation in Pennsylvania and decided to catch an AC Yankees v Reading Phillies game. Saw us sitting by the visitor dugout and came jogging over pre game and called to me and my sister by name. Completely blew my mind, and I've never forgotten how kind and outgoing he was to kids like me at the ballpark when he was on his way up. Class act.

  • @bigdavey8863
    @bigdavey8863 2 місяці тому

    They begged him for one more year? No they didn't, they knew he was retiring and chanted his name as a thank you knowing it was his last appearance at Yankee stadium.
    Seeing these extra flourishes added to a story makes me wonder when watching videos about players before my time. What extra details get added that someone from that time would say "no it didn't ya goof"

  • @SheltonHull
    @SheltonHull 3 місяці тому

    You're doing God's work here.

  • @masonthorne1107
    @masonthorne1107 3 місяці тому +1

    Mike I need to know where you got that Randy arozarena shirt I need it

  • @MrOctober44
    @MrOctober44 3 місяці тому +1

    Great Yankee. 🙂

  • @stephen_cs
    @stephen_cs 3 місяці тому +1

    Cespedes kick turned out worse for the New York team in 2015

  • @Sadness57
    @Sadness57 2 місяці тому

    Fierce player. Great arm threw lotta guys out

  • @MelvinTheMilkman
    @MelvinTheMilkman 3 місяці тому +1

    "Im a Yankees fan" goes on to massacre Sweet Lou's last name. Okay

  • @JustinTheSpider
    @JustinTheSpider 3 місяці тому +1

    My Aunt's favorite player. him and Tino
    "My Paulie" my Aunt says to me

  • @mattingly234ever
    @mattingly234ever 3 місяці тому +1

    Roberto Kelly played four full seasons in NY, not exactly a "prospect"

  • @ripharambe4796
    @ripharambe4796 3 місяці тому +1

    man go grrrrr

  • @bigdavey8863
    @bigdavey8863 2 місяці тому

    "Pinyella"

  • @frankb3118
    @frankb3118 3 місяці тому +1

    I Wish that the Yankees new generation learn from O’Neill, I hate guys striking out 200 time and not getting mad

  • @srsfico1017
    @srsfico1017 3 місяці тому

    Epic gaming yes

  • @MrBerger6
    @MrBerger6 3 місяці тому

    0:52 yes Bryce Harper on that opposite field home run vs the Cubs.

  • @rasfrank1
    @rasfrank1 3 місяці тому

    Wasn’t it O’Neil that got beaned in the back by Baltimors Benitez, to start the brawl of the century??!!!! How could that be left out??!!!!

  • @chrisfloyd7316
    @chrisfloyd7316 3 місяці тому +1

    I hate the US healthcare system. Can't believe they're refusing to treat a cancer patient

    • @srsfico1017
      @srsfico1017 3 місяці тому +1

      It really fucking sucks.. shouldn't be a thing that can happen

  • @andrewsells3420
    @andrewsells3420 3 місяці тому +1

    THE COLLAB TOOK ME OFF GUARD LETS GO

  • @lunarumbreon7699
    @lunarumbreon7699 3 місяці тому +1

    But how did he react after his 3rd homer of the day was changed to a triple and an error?

  • @Gtasplayer
    @Gtasplayer 2 місяці тому

    Lou Piniella is Spanish. The true pronunciation of his last name is “Pee-nay-ya”

  • @dink0011
    @dink0011 Місяць тому

    How do you not show the clip where he kicks the balll to the cutoff man from right field.

  • @MikeyD8716
    @MikeyD8716 2 місяці тому

    He should be a HOF’er

  • @DakDirty76
    @DakDirty76 3 місяці тому +1

    Paul used to bash!

  • @quiveringmoist7558
    @quiveringmoist7558 3 місяці тому

    How are you going to put Paul O'Neal into monument Park with the likes of Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, Dimaggio, Berra, and so many other HOF Worthy players.

  • @JB-wh3we
    @JB-wh3we 4 дні тому

    Love Paul O, but in all fairness, he never had to overcome such an opressive obstscle like Jazz Chisolm's being teased by his older teammates.
    Lol.