THE BIRD FLIES THE COOP - AGAIN! WHERE'S MIKE O'HARA?

I'm taking a walk down memory lane right now. If you've been reading us for a long time you may remember how much support I used to give to Mark Teixeira. You may also remember how critical I was of this Greg Bird guy. Oh and how much Mike O'Hara and I used to playfully banter back and forth about them. If you remember any of that....WOW you have been reading us for a long time and thank you.

So Mike - I KNOW you are out there still. It's been awhile so I figured I would make your ears burn again. Instead of calling you I am sending out a TEX message (bad joke, I know) and hoping to wake you up from that nap you've been taking. All things you said in BIRD: STILL MY GUY. Since we live so far apart now I figured I'd search for ya on the blogosphere.

But you know, speaking of your guy Greg Bird - more bad news there. I wanted to check in and make sure you are okay because your guy Bird was set free again today, check it out. 

Inside the Pinstripes writes:

"...the first baseman’s release on Wednesday. Bird has spent the entire season with the RailRiders up to this point, struggling in his return to the Yankees’ organization after signing a minor league deal in early April.

Bird appeared in 59 games, hitting .218/.325/.354 with six home runs and 22 RBI."

Are you okay? Asking from a genuine place here because now both of our guys are gone. Yours just happened to be dumped by the Yankees twice now.

So now maybe no one will remember either of us. Actually, maybe they will because we were pretty entertaining back in the day when we stood by our men. Neither of our guys panned out and maybe Bird flies away and joins another team somewhere. I even wish him well because I never wanted to see him fail but I'm also ready for the Yankees to move on from Bird. No need for another reunion.

But seriously, I saw the headline today and had a good laugh. So this is me checking in and dropping a line to say hello. Lots of history with both of these players. Lots of good times at good old BYB. Who knows, maybe we will find a new Bird and Teixeira to banter about.

Good times. Don't be a stranger, Mike!

--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa

BYB Senior Managing Editor

Twitter: @nyprincessj