With Pirates, Daniel Bard is in a good place for a comeback

Posted Mar 18, 2016
Back on Jan. 11, the Pittsburgh Pirates announced they had signed Daniel Bard to a minor league contract. The move made sense because he was only 30 and just a few years removed from being one of the most dominant relievers in baseball. But it also raised eyebrows because of the irony: He was going to Ground Zero of Steve Blass Disease. (ESPN.com)

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