The Bronx isn’t the first place Greg Bird wasted no time making a good impression.
During his freshman season at Grandview H.S. in Aurora, Colo., he spent most of the year with the junior varsity before being called up for a district playoff game.
“Right away, he hit a double off the wall,” said Dean Adams, the recently retired coach at Grandview. “I didn’t put him on varsity at first because we already had a good team and a good catcher. In hindsight, I probably should have.”
That began a standout prep career for the newest Yankee phenom, who hit a pair of homers on Wednesday in just his fifth game in the majors.