{"id":237083,"date":"2026-05-19T19:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T19:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/237083\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T19:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T19:13:13","slug":"david-cones-quip-about-blue-jays-players-lips-tattoo-creates-awkward-yes-network-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/237083\/","title":{"rendered":"David Cone&#8217;s quip about Blue Jays player&#8217;s lips tattoo creates awkward YES Network scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Cone left it up to your imagination and Paul O\u2019Neill apparently knew the cheeky response that his colleague and ex-teammate withheld.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s YES Network\u2019s broadcast took a slight detour when Cone noticed Blue Jays outfielder\u2019s Yohendrick Pinango neck tattoo of a pair of red lips and said how he wished he has the same ink.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t put it on my neck,\u201d he said, which elicited quite the chuckle from O\u2019Neill as one can think of all the places the former pitcher may prefer to have a set of lips.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77510917;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39424424\" width=\"813\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-19-at-11.43.38-AM.png\" alt=\"A baseball player from the Blue Jays stands with a bat in his hand, looking out at the pitcher during a game against the New York Yankees.\" class=\"wp-image-39424424\"  \/>Yohendrick Pinango has a lips tattoo on his neck. YES Network<\/p>\n<p>The laughter even had Cone realizing where O\u2019Neill had taken it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, come on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>While the world will not know where exactly Cone would like that tattoo, it created a bizarre moment during the seventh inning of the Yankees\u2019 eventual <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/18\/sports\/david-bednar-avoids-meltdown-after-yankees-offense-erupts-late-to-rally-past-blue-jays\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">7-6 come-from-behind win<\/a> over the rival Blue Jays.<\/p>\n<p>Pinango batted with a man on first and no outs when Cone noticed the tattoo on the left side of the outfielder\u2019s neck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHas he got lips on his neck? Is that what it is?\u201d Cone asked.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Neill followed: \u201cI was gonna say, either mom gave him a big kiss or he\u2019s got a tattoo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39424461\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/former-yankee-pitcher-david-cone-18375961.jpg\" alt=\"David Cone, former New York Yankees pitcher and current YES Network commentator, smiling while wearing a blue shirt and plaid tie.\" class=\"wp-image-39424461\"  \/>Where did David Cone want said tattoo? for the NY POST<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s pretty good, I like that,\u201d Cone responded. \u201cI want one. I want to get one of those.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That led to Cone remarking how he\u2019d place it elsewhere and O\u2019Nell\u2019s reaction, and play-by-play man Michael Kay then noticed the awkwardness of the back-and-forth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes silence is my best option\u2026\u201d Kay said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tYankees Merch Shop\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tNew York Post receives revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and when you make a purchase.\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Cone retorted: \u201cThe booth goes silent on you, you know it\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Neill proceeded to get in a one more jab Cone, who he played alongside for five years from 1996-2000 before they became broadcast colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hit the mute point, Conie, don\u2019t worry, I don\u2019t even know what you said,\u201d he said. \u201cIt went right by me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The notable tattoo has a backstory, although it\u2019s not as scandalous as perhaps one may envision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re young, you do things,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/mlb\/article\/blue-jays-yohendrick-pinango-shaped-by-fathers-loss-fuelled-by-his-memory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pinango told Sportsnet<\/a>. \u201cI liked it, so I did it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Cone left it up to your imagination and Paul O\u2019Neill apparently knew the cheeky response that his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[44637,20047,20,9,11,10,321,29495,319,2085,6475,10747,14668],"class_list":["post-237083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-david-cone","tag-michael-kay","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-paul-oneill","tag-sports","tag-sports-entertainment","tag-sports-media","tag-toronto-blue-jays","tag-yes-network"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}