It is very low on the list of Yankees issues at this point, of course. But Paul O’Neill’s work-from-home routine remains a strange subplot to this roller coaster ride of a season.
The soon-to-be Monument Park immortal — O’Neill’s No. 21 will be retired Sunday — has been calling games remotely for YES Network all season. It’s because O’Neill is unvaccinated. YES has a vaccine mandate in place for in-person business, which keeps him out of the broadcast booth.
YES has decided to grant him a workaround for reasons it has never articulated.