Episode Details

Jim is joined by baseball Twitter personality Not Gaetti to break down the hall of fame candidacy of former MLB right fielder Paul O'Neil. First, NotGaetti and Jim cover O'Neil's fiery personality and the most famous kick in MLB history (8:10). Next, they talk about his performance in the 2000 World Series, how he compares to HOFer Harry Hooper, and whether World Series titles are undervalued when assessing a player's HOF candidacy (24:35). Finally, they discuss if the New York Yankees dynasty of the late 1990s/early 2000s is properly represented in the HOF today (42:32), before making a final call on whether or not O'Neil deserves to be enshrined into Cooperstown (52:34).