CHICAGO — By one reasonable standard, Greg Bird isn’t even halfway to judgment.
Can the Yankees afford to hang around for the verdict?
Bird, the Yankees’ first baseman, suffered a notable indignity — and set off another alarm in the team’s faniverse Tuesday — when he rode the bench for the final three frames of the Yankees’ 4-3, 13-inning victory over the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field (worst ballpark name ever). In the top of the 11th inning, Aaron Boone opted to pinch hit the recently acquired, righty-hitting Luke Voit for Bird against White Sox left-hander Xavier Cedeno.