August 16, 2018

Aaron Boone has one word for what Greg Bird has been missing

Here was the situation Yankees first baseman Greg Bird — any pro player, actually — wanted. Bases loaded. Bottom of the ninth. Team down by two runs. The Rays, to counter Bird, plucked a lefty, Adam Kolarek, out of the bullpen. Dramatic drumroll, please. Bird popped up the first pitch foul to third. It was…