The Early Bird: Jake Bird arrives for Yankees' home opener even before players' entrance opens
The early Bird had to circle Yankee Stadium. Jake Bird arrived at 8:15 a. m.
Friday, more than five hours before the start of his first game in pinstripes. The gate where New York Yankees players usually enter wasn't yet open and he was told to enter from the other side of the ballpark, at Gate 6.
NEW YORK (AP) — The early Bird had to circle Yankee Stadium. Jake Bird arrived at 8:15 a. m.
Friday, more than five hours before the start of his first game in pinstripes. The gate where New York Yankees players usually enter wasn't yet open and he was told to enter from the other side of the ballpark, at Gate 6. “I just walked around,” the relief pitcher said.
"It was a nice foggy morning. ” Eight months after the Yankees acquired him from Colorado, Bird pitched in the Bronx for the first time Friday. He struck out two in a perfect seventh inning of an 8-2 win over the Miami Marlins in New York's home opener.