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How family fueled Daniel Bard's epic comeback


Father’s Day is Sunday, but one of the motivations for Rockies closer ’s 2020 comeback -- after seven years out of the Majors, because of control problems -- was to make every day possible a Father’s Day. Bard explains below how special it is to share baseball with his three children -- sons Davis (6 1/2) and Sykes (4), and daughter Campbell (2). (MLB.com)

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How family fueled Daniel Bard's epic comeback