For the entire season, Paul O’Neill’s appearances on telecasts of Yankees games have been slightly awkward. While the rest of YES’s announcers have been on site, the unvaccinated O’Neill has been working from his home in Cincinnati.

O’Neill is not allowed in the YES booth because the network has a vaccine mandate in the workplace and, according to sources, O’Neill is not vaccinated against COVID-19. MLB’s protocols dissuade unvaccinated people from being on the field by disallowing contact with any players and also prohibit anyone not vaccinated from entering dugouts and clubhouses.

So, O’Neill is working from home.

It is untraditional and odd. Even O’Neill’s boss at YES have said it is not ideal, though he is accepting of it and he complimented O’Neill’s on-air performance.

That brings us to a week from Sunday, which should be a truly special day at the Stadium, when O’Neill is set to have his No. 21 retired by the team for his nine seasons as a .300-hitting, four-time World Series winner. There is, however, a bit of a cloud because of O’Neill’s vaccine status.

Like YES, the Yankees are going to do their best to accommodate O’Neill, while adhering to rules. So, there will be slight awkwardness as no current Yankees will be involved in the ceremony.

“Paul O’Neill Day will feature all of the traditional elements that fans have enjoyed during previous number retirement ceremonies, including the introduction of special guests on the Yankee Stadium infield, a montage on the center-field video board and the unveiling of the retired No. 21 medallion in Monument Park,” the Yankees said in a statement to The Post. “O’Neill and his family will then join the special guests in the infield, where he will receive a presentation of gifts, deliver a speech from a podium in front of the pitcher’s mound and throw out a ceremonial pitch to a catcher at home plate.”

Let’s hope it all works out well. Yankees’ Old-Timers’ Day was marred, with no game played due in part to potential participants who were not vaccinated. While the Yankees would not say which former stars are scheduled to show up Aug. 21, it would be fitting if Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada and, heck, maybe even Derek Jeter, graced The Bronx to see No. 21 unveiled.

The Yankees are doing their best to keep the status quo for the ceremony, but will have to make some concessions prior to the game.

O’Neill will be allowed to be on the field, because, if the rules are followed, no current players will be out there. They will be able to watch from the dugout.

That is due to MLB’s rules, which are designed to keep players from interacting with the unvaccinated. The players are the “protected class.”

Traditionally, O’Neill would venture up to the press box during the game to talk on YES about his day and to receive another ovation from the fans. YES’s president of programming and production John Filippelli, O’Neill’s boss, said that they are still working out how to handle that aspect.

(Filippelli couldn’t say it was because of O’Neill’s vaccination status, though that is the reason he is in Ohio for games. The Post previously reported that O’Neill is not in the booth because he is unvaccinated. YES again declined to comment on that aspect and O’Neill did not return messages seeking comment.)

The YES question going into next year is whether Michael Kay will still be starting broadcasts by looking to his left as if O’Neill were right next to him instead of 650 miles away in Ohio.

“It’s not ideal, but it works,” Filippelli said.

Filippelli was very complimentary of the broadcaster that O’Neill has become and wants him to continue. Still, SNY’s crew of Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling is maybe the best in baseball, so it makes it difficult that YES — especially with David Cone, whom Filippelli correctly called the best baseball analyst in the world, on its roster — is not fully competing.

“This situation will find itself through and I’m sure Paul will find himself back in the booth at some point.” Filippelli said. “It is certainly not ideal, but we have managed to figure it out and work through it. I don’t think we have suffered at all, I really don’t. Have there been some hiccups? Do I think it is ideal if it keeps going? No, I don’t, but I do think we have managed to make it work and I think our fans have accepted it.”