Fun fact: Of the many numbers retired by the Yankees, O'Neill is only the 4th player (joining Ruth, Maris & Reggie) to start his career with a different team.
I talked to LaTroy about this at the All Star Experience last year. He laughed when I brought it up, and said if he knew about O’Neill beforehand, he would have picked a different number. I then got his autograph and he jokingly wrote 21 and crossed it out, and then he wrote his Rockies number, 32.
Wow! What an awesome story. Seems like LaTroy is a really good guy. And yes, finally, Paul O'Neill is getting his number retired. The timing is suspicious to say the least, haha. Thanks for watching!
Wtf are you taking about? “If I knew about Paul O’Neill”… Hawkins faced O’Neill about a dozen times from ‘95-‘01. He was the Heart and Soul of the greatest Dynasty of the past 50 years… of course he knew who Paul O’Neill was.
At that moment my tin foil hat theory for the reason it takings 2 weeks to get it changed. I was thinking that it was his agent try to get more money from the Yankees.
This is a cool video format Very well made and very well edited You should try this with not just the Yankees but with other teams as well You have a lot of potential
I’m a little late to the roast haha but Paul O’Neil was a class act and a perfect New York Yankee! The reason he never hit 300 for the Reds was because of Lou Pinella…. Pinella ruled with iron fist lol and wanted O’Neil to pull the ball and hit for power consistently which he didn’t want to do! When he arrived in the Bronx everything changed O’Neil was allowed to hit the way he knew how and the rest is history! Great vid man subbed!!
My man, this is Pinstripe solid! I don’t know if anyone has ever said this to you, but you sound so much like Daniel Stern. If there was ever a Wonder Years remake, you should be the narrator. Great job!
As a Dodger fan This reminds me of Fernando Valenzuela's #34 nobody has worn it since 1990 yet it hasn't been retired Manny Ramirez tried to wear it in 2008 When he was traded to the Dodgers but That did not happen
good vid man. i for no reason always played as him in baseball for no reason other than he wasnt one of the "hot stars" of his era. Sincerely a life long Brewers fan
It's kinda funny seeing when you uploaded this video, as the Yankees announced just a month and a half later that they'd be officially retiring Number 21 for Paul. Considering how it was never worn since LaTroy Hawkins gave it up, it felt like just a matter of time before they did this
It's either the craziest coincidence in the world, or the Yankees watched my video. I guess I'll never know for sure, but I'm really happy for Paul. He deserves it.
@@snerdterguson Morgan Ensburg wore it one year n spring training, but got the same treatment that Hawkins got (and remember this was spring training), so he said “later for this” after he made the team and switched numbers before the regular season. I forget which year it was. Pretty sure it was prior to the Hawkins thing.
Retired numbers should be for legendary players, or at least great players who are associated with that team. O'neill doesn't quite cut it. If teams retired the number of every guy as good as him, they would run out of numbers pretty quickly.
He IS legendary in NY. He was a cornerstone of their 90s renesaince. He was consistently good and earned the adulation of the fans. He was clutch as well. Saying he wasn't legendary is saying that you didn't see the send off he got in Game 5 of the 2001 WS.
Always nice to see you post. You are always a welcomed voice to hear when it comes to the Yankees. I know the offseason is what is right now but hopefully as the Yankees begin to make some moves you let us in on your opinion and how you see things.
I was a huge Roger Maris fan as a kid, and it was great that the Yankees retired his no. 9, but there soon came along another no. 9 who was a huge part of 4 Yankees World Series teams with 2 World Series rings, and who was also the Yankee captain in the early 80's after Thurman's death, and he gets no respect at all. If the Yankees can retire no. 10 for 2 guys, they can surely do it for no. 9, for both Rog and Graig!!!
Hey, that was really great. Nothing personal but as a Jays fan we're mortal enemies, but nonetheless that was a super hip video and the Clemente angle was really hip. (Resisted the urge to say "a real curve ball" or "out of left field") Definitely forgot buddy had briefly been a Blue Jay. Great stuff brother.
O’Neill and Hawkins both come out of this seeming like good guys. I’m from Cincinnati and fondly remember O’Neill as a Red. And I’m also a big fan of Clemente and the man he was, so kudos to Hawkins for his intentions.
In my honest humble opinion, I think if we retired 42 league wide for Jackie (which is amazing), it’s time to give up 21 also for who he was all around. As a clubhouse attendant/bat boy for the NYMs I remember the retire 21 t shirts and stickers going around the league amongst the Latin players.
This is very strange story. It’s a bit of a no brainer… the # 21 belonged to two of the best players in baseball, and the Yankees can’t see that ? I’m a life long Yankee fan, and I even have a red white and blue #21 patch on my Yankee jacket that I still wear to any baseball game. This is to honor both Clemente and O’Neil. Come on Yankees just retire the number all ready.
Honestly , Hawkins should have been much more aware of what Paul O’Neal means to New York & New York Yankee Fans of all & really what Paul O’Neal means to most Baseball Fanz Pauli is that Guy that even Yankee haters have love for 21 Paul O’Neal
Its kinda funny how you're saying Hawkins should know better because of how much Paul O'NEILL meant to the Yankees and their fans, meanwhile you're misspelling his name.
I'm just seeing this video for the first time and it's funny that Hawkins actually wore 21 and then he wears 22 which end up being the number that Roger Clemens wore when he joined the Yankees, but that's nice that he actually wanted to honour Roberto Clemente so Yankee fans shouldn't beat up on him too much, but he did perform pretty poorly when he was in New York and he had a little bit better career in Colorado. But I think ever since he got traded from Minnesota as a top prospect, he just went downhill from there. Plus I believe he was a New Yorker as well which is kind of sad.
LaTroy Hawkins is known as a good guy in baseball. He played for many teams over 21 years. The only teammate he ever disliked? You guessed it, current Yankee Tommy Kahnle.
I can’t believe you didn’t mention Paul O’Neil’s awesome arm in right field. There’s a reason right fielders wear 21 , certainly after Clemente. Much respect to the “Warrior”. Great video, good job
The Yankees have retired nearly every number under 30. All their players now wear spring training numbers that typically go to insignificant players. At some point they have to stop this stupid practice
No. They do it right. And there are no retired numbers that aren't deserved. Also your math is off, because 15 numbers between 1-30 are still available. All told, there are 21 numbers retired for 22 players/managers. Since the ST numbers you talk about are typically in the 70s and higher, there's no real risk of running out anytime in the next couple hundred years. Also, who cares if numbers typically weren't worn? No one looks at a Judge jersey differently because its number 99 than if it were 14 or something. The only reason any numbers mean anything at all is the player who wore it. Nothing special about the number 15 except its what Munson wore. 2 is just a number between 1 and 3 but then Jeter wore it. Hell, the only reason Ruth was 3 and Gehrig was 4 is that they used to assign numbers based on your place in the lineup. Now 3 and 4 are two of the most iconic numbers in baseball.
@@tonyc8752 I notice you left out 99. Almost like 99 is worn by the reigning mvp and is associated with him now. What don’t you get about this? If Mickey Mantle wore 74, then that would be an iconic number. It doesn’t matter if they’re numbers you expect to see. And thinking the way you do makes no sense. Literally nobody should think any number on a jersey is inherently better. Get assigned 83? Become a great player and turn 83 into a prestigious number.
Thats no regular Gatorade Jug. That is the infamous Sports Drink All-Sport. One of my Favorite Sports Drinks of all time. You be tough to find a All-Sport Water Jug let alone anything All-Sport related today. I was prob the ONLY Person on the Earth who was Sad to see the Brand discontinued
Wow , I’m impressed, Great video Idk that # retirement started North of The Border Former Cincinnati Reds ⚾️ 1990 World Series Champion 🏆 & Yankees Great 21 - Paul “Pauli” O’Neal Most Definitely has to have His # 21 retired for NYY What A Stud 5x World Series Champion 🏆 🏆 🏆🏆🏆 To Start & Finish The 90’s with 💍 He was HOF Level talent and I Think He should be in MLB HOF let alone NYY HOF No Joke I don’t care all about the total #’s He’s 1 of The Greatest Hitters of All Time 1 of Thee Greatest Leaders of All Time and His 1990’s was a decade of dominance that kind of flew under the radar in the ROID POWER Era Again: Started & Finished 90’s with 💍 💍 5x Champion and was Key Core Player on both teams Even if Cincinnati tried to get Glenn Braggs muscles some AB’s Put Paulie in NYYankees HOF❕ Should strongly be considered for MLB HOF I Love some Paul O’Neal 💪
Yea , Monument Park is The Ultimate for a Yankee imo More so than the # retirement But somehow it’s been made not to be . I don’t think Tino Martinez should have His own plaque But…. He definitely did some BiG Things following up Donny Baseball It’s really too bad Mattingly retired after He finally got His 1st Playoff appearance Where HE RAKED 💪 1 more season would have been perfect Donny Baseball retiring a Champion But of course , not sure that would have happened, being Tino had some of the BiGGEST AB’s that season and especially in the playoffs & WS But I’d bet on Mattingly coming through in The Clutch Every time 😏💪
1) Was shocked how quickly the Yankees reassigned #46 when Andy Pettitte left for Houston. 2) I was hopping that Todd Frazier would have wore #21. Would have been a great tribute since the Toddfather grew up a dynasty era Yankees fan. Never knew he was shot down.
That's a very interesting story Brian I don't really remember Hawkins on the Yanks and wearing #21. Me personally I don't think the Yankees should retire his number those should only go to all time greats and I think O'Neal was a very good player but he's not a all time great in my opinion. Do you think the Yankees should retire A-Rod's #13 since he was an all time great and helped them win a WS in 09? Why or why not?
It's tricky. A-Rod has a very complicated relationship with the Yankees. I mean, he literally sued them, and the Biogenesis scandal forever ruined my perception of him. But he was also the best third baseman in franchise history. The Yankees probably *should* retire #13, but I don't think they will, especially since they already gave it to Joey Gallo.
@@briandanuff that’s very true I don’t think they’ll retire his number any time soon but maybe if he and other players that used steroids during their careers maybe. Btw Joey Gallo’s dead that’s Joey Callo CALLO! 😂
I would say he deserves it. He was the unnamed Captain in the years between Mattinglys retirement and 2001, it was two years later that Jeter was o named captain. He was the fire, he was the grit. And for 9 seasons he batted .303 averaging 20+ homers and getting clutch hit after clutch play in the field until its time for him to have the most clutch at bats that ended with a walk that I've ever seen in the 2001 World Series. He absolutely deserves to have his number retired. It was retired for all intents and purposes anyway. Nobody would be allowed to wear that number without the fans giving them hell.
Not saying O'Neil wasnt a very good player, but the yankees cant retire every number. O'Neil isnt a hall of famer, were people up in arms in the late 40s when yogi wore bill Dickey's #?
1: Why on earth should Griffey have his number retired league wide? 2: 42 already is retired league wide and has been since the day Mariano Rivera retired. 3: What Lou wore number 8 and deserves their number being retired league wide? Are you talking about Gehrig? Because that I agree with, retiring his number makes perfect sense and can be done as a way to help people in A real way through ALS awareness and research. But he wore number 4, not 8.
One of the best hitting outfielders of his era?? That’s a little much. Good hitter, over 2000 hits, not even 300 HRs, .288 avg which is great. Ken Griffey Jr? Barry Bonds? Kenny Lofton was a better hitter.
You told the baseball story really well here, but in my opinion the preamble about the hockey number retirement didn't add anything except unnecessary length to the video.
The more parallel story from another sport would be how the Oklahoma City Thunder silently retired Gary Payton's number 20. He told the team not to retire it, because he only wants his name associated with Seattle basketball, not OKC, but they still won't give it out to another player.
The Yankee fans chanting, Paul O’Neill is one of my greatest sports memories.
Fun fact: Of the many numbers retired by the Yankees, O'Neill is only the 4th player (joining Ruth, Maris & Reggie) to start his career with a different team.
Also, the Yankees will retire 21 for Paul O’Neill on August 21 of this year, before Game 3 against the Blue Jays.
YAY❕
It’s ABOUT TiME .
& Good looks
I was there
Great day and well won!
I was there bro! Too sweet
@@yoholmes273 it was a great day
Its about time. One of the greatest Yankee eras & Paul O'Neill was a key contributor to that era.
I talked to LaTroy about this at the All Star Experience last year. He laughed when I brought it up, and said if he knew about O’Neill beforehand, he would have picked a different number. I then got his autograph and he jokingly wrote 21 and crossed it out, and then he wrote his Rockies number, 32.
Wow! What an awesome story. Seems like LaTroy is a really good guy. And yes, finally, Paul O'Neill is getting his number retired. The timing is suspicious to say the least, haha. Thanks for watching!
wow…. that is awesome. The timing of the retirement of number 21 is just a little odd and suspicious in my opinion.
Great story
Only a fool would join a storied team like the NY Yankees and yet be totally ignorant about the team history.
Wtf are you taking about? “If I knew about Paul O’Neill”… Hawkins faced O’Neill about a dozen times from ‘95-‘01. He was the Heart and Soul of the greatest Dynasty of the past 50 years… of course he knew who Paul O’Neill was.
I have a Clemente Jersey even as a Yankees fan. True legend.
This is heartbreaking. As soon as you said, "Roberto Clemente " I was devastated. Poor Hawkins. He deserved better.
I'm a yankees fan. These were piece of shit yankee fans.
At that moment my tin foil hat theory for the reason it takings 2 weeks to get it changed.
I was thinking that it was his agent try to get more money from the Yankees.
Great video! Reds fan here... Only grief is how great his leg was with the Reds... lol
Paul was trying to take Jim Breech's job 😋
Reminds of Fernando Valenzuela. No one else wore 34 even though it wasn't retired. Dodgers finally retired it this year.
Great video! Nice work!
This is a cool video format Very well made and very well edited You should try this with not just the Yankees but with other teams as well You have a lot of potential
Thank you so much!
@@briandanuff your welcome keep doing what your doing
I’m a little late to the roast haha but Paul O’Neil was a class act and a perfect New York Yankee! The reason he never hit 300 for the Reds was because of Lou Pinella…. Pinella ruled with iron fist lol and wanted O’Neil to pull the ball and hit for power consistently which he didn’t want to do! When he arrived in the Bronx everything changed O’Neil was allowed to hit the way he knew how and the rest is history! Great vid man subbed!!
Well, most of his years in Cincinnati Lou wasn't there yet. He was still great though and all of us Reds fans loved him
My man, this is Pinstripe solid! I don’t know if anyone has ever said this to you, but you sound so much like Daniel Stern. If there was ever a Wonder Years remake, you should be the narrator. Great job!
As a Dodger fan This reminds me of Fernando Valenzuela's #34 nobody has worn it since 1990 yet it hasn't been retired Manny Ramirez tried to wear it in 2008 When he was traded to the Dodgers but That did not happen
Thanks for an interesting video. Worth a subscription!
Now 21 is finally retired for Paul O'Neill
Hawkins was a good sport in all of this. He loves fans that are passionate for players because that’s what makes the players become legends.
I am a Yankees fan, but I have always thought of #21 as Roberto Clemente...and in hockey, Peter Forsberg,
good vid man. i for no reason always played as him in baseball for no reason other than he wasnt one of the "hot stars" of his era. Sincerely a life long Brewers fan
It's kinda funny seeing when you uploaded this video, as the Yankees announced just a month and a half later that they'd be officially retiring Number 21 for Paul. Considering how it was never worn since LaTroy Hawkins gave it up, it felt like just a matter of time before they did this
It's either the craziest coincidence in the world, or the Yankees watched my video. I guess I'll never know for sure, but I'm really happy for Paul. He deserves it.
Todd Frazier wore it for a little bit and then changed for the same reasons.
Todd Frazier never wore 21 as a Yankee. He changed his number after the trade, before he suited up for them.
@@snerdterguson Morgan Ensburg wore it one year n spring training, but got the same treatment that Hawkins got (and remember this was spring training), so he said “later for this” after he made the team and switched numbers before the regular season. I forget which year it was. Pretty sure it was prior to the Hawkins thing.
Retired numbers should be for legendary players, or at least great players who are associated with that team. O'neill doesn't quite cut it. If teams retired the number of every guy as good as him, they would run out of numbers pretty quickly.
He IS legendary in NY. He was a cornerstone of their 90s renesaince. He was consistently good and earned the adulation of the fans. He was clutch as well. Saying he wasn't legendary is saying that you didn't see the send off he got in Game 5 of the 2001 WS.
Always nice to see you post. You are always a welcomed voice to hear when it comes to the Yankees. I know the offseason is what is right now but hopefully as the Yankees begin to make some moves you let us in on your opinion and how you see things.
Thank you so much, that means a lot! I’m planning on making a lot of videos this year, so stay tuned!
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I was a huge Roger Maris fan as a kid, and it was great that the Yankees retired his no. 9, but there soon came along another no. 9 who was a huge part of 4 Yankees World Series teams with 2 World Series rings, and who was also the Yankee captain in the early 80's after Thurman's death, and he gets no respect at all. If the Yankees can retire no. 10 for 2 guys, they can surely do it for no. 9, for both Rog and Graig!!!
Someone at Yankee H.Q. was asleep at the stitch err...Switch!!
Hey, that was really great. Nothing personal but as a Jays fan we're mortal enemies, but nonetheless that was a super hip video and the Clemente angle was really hip. (Resisted the urge to say "a real curve ball" or "out of left field") Definitely forgot buddy had briefly been a Blue Jay. Great stuff brother.
Welp, now it will be officially retired
Morgan Ensberg wore #21 in 2008
O’Neill and Hawkins both come out of this seeming like good guys. I’m from Cincinnati and fondly remember O’Neill as a Red. And I’m also a big fan of Clemente and the man he was, so kudos to Hawkins for his intentions.
OK #21 NYY now retired Aug 21 2022. Case closed.
No on Carlos. Yes on retirement of the #21. The Yankees are just holding on for when the day comes that they can milk it for all it’s worth.
Comment 2: all my buddies in the visiting clubhouse always said Hawkins was always an old school class act and generous guy. Hat tip to LaTroy.
In my honest humble opinion, I think if we retired 42 league wide for Jackie (which is amazing), it’s time to give up 21 also for who he was all around. As a clubhouse attendant/bat boy for the NYMs I remember the retire 21 t shirts and stickers going around the league amongst the Latin players.
Yankees fan since '76... and the O'Neill worship is out of control.
Good job.
Shame on tye Yankees for OK-ing giving him 21. Right off the bat (pun intended) they shoukd have said no.
Retiring NUMBERS is stupid. A ring of honor w the name is fine...but the number stuff is garbage.
Good job
"a number best suited for offensive linemen" shows #90 & #99... Tell me you don't know football without telling me you don't know football.
This is very strange story. It’s a bit of a no brainer… the # 21 belonged to two of the best players in baseball, and the Yankees can’t see that ? I’m a life long Yankee fan, and I even have a red white and blue #21 patch on my Yankee jacket that I still wear to any baseball game. This is to honor both Clemente and O’Neil. Come on Yankees just retire the number all ready.
Remember when Judge asked to wear Mantles number?
Honestly , Hawkins should have been much more aware of what Paul O’Neal means to New York
& New York Yankee Fans of all
& really what Paul O’Neal means to most Baseball Fanz
Pauli is that Guy that even Yankee haters have love for 21 Paul O’Neal
Hey gave him the number. Blame the Yankees.
Its kinda funny how you're saying Hawkins should know better because of how much Paul O'NEILL meant to the Yankees and their fans, meanwhile you're misspelling his name.
I am number 21. Let's go Hockey!
I'm just seeing this video for the first time and it's funny that Hawkins actually wore 21 and then he wears 22 which end up being the number that Roger Clemens wore when he joined the Yankees, but that's nice that he actually wanted to honour Roberto Clemente so Yankee fans shouldn't beat up on him too much, but he did perform pretty poorly when he was in New York and he had a little bit better career in Colorado. But I think ever since he got traded from Minnesota as a top prospect, he just went downhill from there. Plus I believe he was a New Yorker as well which is kind of sad.
Yup. Unfortunately,New York players almost never do well on New York teams. It's too much pressure a lot of the time
i mean hawking never wore 21 till he got to the yankees seems like he just found a way to justify it
LaTroy Hawkins is known as a good guy in baseball. He played for many teams over 21 years. The only teammate he ever disliked? You guessed it, current Yankee Tommy Kahnle.
Yea soon the Yankees will need decimal points. Btw Paul O’Neill is one of my all time favorites!!!!!
21 should be retired around baseball in honor of Roberto
So weird. Either use it or retire it.
Like Phil Rizzuto and Bobby Mucer, O'Neill was favorite when he was on the field as well as in the broadcast booth.
Love it when Scooter says Bobbbby Merrsaah.
Yankees fans should be wrong for booing LaTroy for wearing the 21 like gimme a break Yankee fans
I can’t believe you didn’t mention Paul O’Neil’s awesome arm in right field. There’s a reason right fielders wear 21 , certainly after Clemente. Much respect to the “Warrior”. Great video, good job
I saw Paul and his wife in 2018 at the Apple store in White Plains. The man is freaking huge. At least 6’4. And fit.
great defender.....with a strong arm
The Yankees have retired nearly every number under 30. All their players now wear spring training numbers that typically go to insignificant players. At some point they have to stop this stupid practice
No. They do it right. And there are no retired numbers that aren't deserved.
Also your math is off, because 15 numbers between 1-30 are still available. All told, there are 21 numbers retired for 22 players/managers. Since the ST numbers you talk about are typically in the 70s and higher, there's no real risk of running out anytime in the next couple hundred years. Also, who cares if numbers typically weren't worn? No one looks at a Judge jersey differently because its number 99 than if it were 14 or something. The only reason any numbers mean anything at all is the player who wore it. Nothing special about the number 15 except its what Munson wore. 2 is just a number between 1 and 3 but then Jeter wore it. Hell, the only reason Ruth was 3 and Gehrig was 4 is that they used to assign numbers based on your place in the lineup. Now 3 and 4 are two of the most iconic numbers in baseball.
@@snerdterguson Current numbers being used by Yankees. 84, 76, 70, 97, 63, 66, 61, 95. What are they? lineman in football?
@@tonyc8752 I notice you left out 99. Almost like 99 is worn by the reigning mvp and is associated with him now. What don’t you get about this? If Mickey Mantle wore 74, then that would be an iconic number. It doesn’t matter if they’re numbers you expect to see. And thinking the way you do makes no sense. Literally nobody should think any number on a jersey is inherently better. Get assigned 83? Become a great player and turn 83 into a prestigious number.
@@snerdterguson Your team looks stupid, everyone knows it
@@snerdtergusonyou are absolutely right
The Yankees are going to run out of numbers 😂
I love Clemente. He is one of my heroes, but i dont think his or Robinsons number should be retired across all teams. No player transcends the sport.
I agree about Clemente, but Jackie Robinson absolutely does transcend the sport of baseball lol
The Yankees don't have the most retired numbers in professional sports, the Celtics do, with 23.
Paul O'Neil Number 21 Is Retied As Of August 21 2022
Why did Paul choose #21?
Thats no regular Gatorade Jug. That is the infamous Sports Drink All-Sport. One of my Favorite Sports Drinks of all time.
You be tough to find a All-Sport Water Jug let alone anything All-Sport related today. I was prob the ONLY Person on the Earth who was Sad to see the Brand discontinued
Always liked all sport better especially lemon lime
@@benjamanmelvin2746 lol… me too
That was my favorite Flavor as well.
Such a dumb controversy. But you can also say that Hawkins should have put in a little effort to learn the Yankees culture when he signed.
Probably the house thing.
I just want you to know, you’re getting this like in spite of your use of Styx.
#90 wouldn’t be an OL.
All Hawkins wanted to do is honor Clemente. It's too bad he had to go through that booing.
But I think MLB will retire 21 throughout baseball eventually. So this way avoids awkward moments.
Wow , I’m impressed, Great video
Idk that # retirement started
North of The Border
Former Cincinnati Reds ⚾️
1990 World Series Champion 🏆
& Yankees Great
21 - Paul “Pauli” O’Neal
Most Definitely has to have His #
21 retired for NYY
What A Stud
5x World Series Champion
🏆 🏆 🏆🏆🏆
To Start & Finish The 90’s with 💍
He was HOF Level talent and I
Think He should be in MLB HOF
let alone NYY HOF
No Joke
I don’t care all about the total #’s
He’s 1 of The Greatest Hitters of
All Time
1 of Thee Greatest Leaders of All Time
and His 1990’s was a decade of dominance that kind of flew under the radar in the ROID POWER Era
Again:
Started & Finished 90’s with 💍 💍
5x Champion and was Key Core Player on both teams
Even if Cincinnati tried to get
Glenn Braggs muscles some AB’s
Put Paulie in NYYankees HOF❕
Should strongly be considered for
MLB HOF
I Love some Paul O’Neal 💪
Yea , Monument Park is The Ultimate for a Yankee imo
More so than the # retirement
But somehow it’s been made not to be .
I don’t think Tino Martinez should have His own plaque
But…. He definitely did some BiG Things following up Donny Baseball
It’s really too bad Mattingly retired after He finally got His 1st Playoff appearance
Where HE RAKED 💪
1 more season would have been perfect
Donny Baseball retiring a Champion
But of course , not sure that would have happened, being Tino had some of the BiGGEST AB’s that season and especially in the playoffs & WS
But I’d bet on Mattingly coming through in The Clutch
Every time 😏💪
1) Was shocked how quickly the Yankees reassigned #46 when Andy Pettitte left for Houston.
2) I was hopping that Todd Frazier would have wore #21. Would have been a great tribute since the Toddfather grew up a dynasty era Yankees fan. Never knew he was shot down.
That's a very interesting story Brian I don't really remember Hawkins on the Yanks and wearing #21. Me personally I don't think the Yankees should retire his number those should only go to all time greats and I think O'Neal was a very good player but he's not a all time great in my opinion. Do you think the Yankees should retire A-Rod's #13 since he was an all time great and helped them win a WS in 09? Why or why not?
It's tricky. A-Rod has a very complicated relationship with the Yankees. I mean, he literally sued them, and the Biogenesis scandal forever ruined my perception of him. But he was also the best third baseman in franchise history. The Yankees probably *should* retire #13, but I don't think they will, especially since they already gave it to Joey Gallo.
@@briandanuff that’s very true I don’t think they’ll retire his number any time soon but maybe if he and other players that used steroids during their careers maybe. Btw Joey Gallo’s dead that’s Joey Callo CALLO! 😂
I would say he deserves it. He was the unnamed Captain in the years between Mattinglys retirement and 2001, it was two years later that Jeter was o named captain. He was the fire, he was the grit. And for 9 seasons he batted .303 averaging 20+ homers and getting clutch hit after clutch play in the field until its time for him to have the most clutch at bats that ended with a walk that I've ever seen in the 2001 World Series. He absolutely deserves to have his number retired. It was retired for all intents and purposes anyway. Nobody would be allowed to wear that number without the fans giving them hell.
Whatever you did here worked
Sounds like 🧢
Not saying O'Neil wasnt a very good player, but the yankees cant retire every number. O'Neil isnt a hall of famer, were people up in arms in the late 40s when yogi wore bill Dickey's #?
Paul O'Neill didn't deserve to have his # retired. Nor did Posada or Bernie. Just ridiculous!
I agree 21 should be rated throughout MLB for Clemente. But I also say #3 for Babe Ruth and #9 for Ted Williams deserve it as well.
What about #8, #24, #42?
#8 lou and cal, #24 griffey, #42 jackie
1: Why on earth should Griffey have his number retired league wide?
2: 42 already is retired league wide and has been since the day Mariano Rivera retired.
3: What Lou wore number 8 and deserves their number being retired league wide? Are you talking about Gehrig? Because that I agree with, retiring his number makes perfect sense and can be done as a way to help people in A real way through ALS awareness and research. But he wore number 4, not 8.
I find it hard to believe that Yankees fans would treat someone harshly for no real reason and without understanding all of the facts.
One of the best hitting outfielders of his era?? That’s a little much. Good hitter, over 2000 hits, not even 300 HRs, .288 avg which is great. Ken Griffey Jr? Barry Bonds? Kenny Lofton was a better hitter.
Now don't u Yankee fans feel stupid for booing Latrell Hawkins
Implies others are stupid... Calls LATROY Hawkins "Latrell"
@@snerdterguson yea, my Damm spell checker did that "Latrell" thing
@@Damuthafuccka lol.
You told the baseball story really well here, but in my opinion the preamble about the hockey number retirement didn't add anything except unnecessary length to the video.
The more parallel story from another sport would be how the Oklahoma City Thunder silently retired Gary Payton's number 20. He told the team not to retire it, because he only wants his name associated with Seattle basketball, not OKC, but they still won't give it out to another player.
I appreciate the feedback....I didn't know that Gary Payton story. Thank you for watching!
@@briandanuff I enjoyed the hockey number retirement! Excellent video
Yankee fans gonna yankee
Any time... on any channel... you hear that royalty free music that played at the start.... you bout to hear some sad shit
With all di respect to The Great Roberto Clemente
One league wide retired number is enough.
O’Neil was a very good player but not great. Lou pinella was better