NEW YORK — For Paul O’Neill, hiding his veneration for the Yankees is nearly impossible.
“It’s hard to let it all sink in,” O’Neill said during his virtual press conference on Wednesday a day after the team announced they would retire his number. “Every day I wake up and say, ‘Did this really happen?’ It really means that much.”
The Yankees announced on Tueday that O’Neill’s No. 21 would join No. 2, No. 3, No. 7 and all of the other iconic numbers in Yankee history on the retired jersey wall this season. The ceremony, scheduled for Aug. 21, will make the left-handed hitter the 23rd player or manager to receive the honor.
