YES Community’s Paul O’Neill was supposed to advertise his new e-book, “Swing and a Hit,” Monday on WFAN, however as a substitute he by no means stepped to the plate.
Tiki & Tierney, WFAN’s mid-morning present, canceled O’Neill’s look on Monday after being instructed that the previous Yankees outfielder wouldn't discuss concerning the Josh Donaldson-Tim Anderson incident during which Donaldson referred to Anderson as “Jackie.”
This system had spent many of the first hour-and-a-half on the subject, previous O’Neill’s scheduled look, however was instructed O’Neill wouldn't reply questions concerning the topic.
Brandon Tierney made the choice, which he revealed on-air when O’Neill was presupposed to be on. O’Neill was ready on a Zoom to be on, as Barber was ending up some extent.
“We had been presupposed to have him on proper now and he's on maintain, OK,” stated Tierney, who listed O’Neill as his second favourite all-time Yankee after Don Mattingly.
“He has a brand new e-book popping out, known as, ‘Swing and a Hit.’ And Jack Curry wrote it, together with Paul. We had been instructed and Tiki, you don’t even know this as a result of I used to be going by this whilst you had been ending up your thought on the air. We had been instructed we cannot ask something about Donaldson and Anderson.
“I stated, ‘We will’t do the interview if that's the case.’ I stated, ‘Please inform Paul, we are going to navigate this responsibly. We is not going to belabor it. However I can’t have Paul O’Neill on the present after we spent an hour and 35 minutes speaking about Tim Anderson and Josh Donaldson and never ask him about what transpired. That sucks. No disrespect to Paul. I really like him. Really, my second all-time favourite Yankee. We now have a accountability to the present.”
A message from The Submit to O’Neill and to the media relations contact for Grand Central Publishing weren't instantly returned.
O’Neill had been within the information this 12 months. He has been calling video games from his Ohio residence, whereas his fellow YES sport announcers, like Michael Kay, David Cone, Carlos Beltran and Cameron Maybin, have been working from the sales space at stadiums. YES’ coverage is that personnel on web site must be vaccinated for COVID-19.
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