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

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Greg Bird reacts after fouling out with the bases loaded in the ninth inning of the Yankees' 3-1 loss to the Rays on Thursday.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 a pitch to hit, he said.

“Yeah, it was on the plate, but a little in. What are you gonna do?” Bird said after his pop began a three-out sequence that finally sunk the Yankees in their 3-1 matinee defeat at Yankee Stadium on Thursday.

That drew out boos…