Daniel Bard Is Willing To Endure The Frustration

It’s for the pure love of the game, it’s that, as Daniel Bard says, “I still know there’s something.” Something of what in 2010 might have been the best setup man in baseball, 98 MPH, a 1.93 earned run average, 76 strikeouts in 74 2/3 innings.

Gammons Daily

Daniel Bard's Journey To Get Back To Majors Brings Him To Cardinals

Daniel Bard’s journey has brought him to the back fields at Roger Dean Stadium, surrounded by other minor-league pitchers in the Cardinals’ camp, all of whom are trying to get to where Bard once was - and where he wants to get again.

STL Sports Page

Jordan Schafer Bids To Become Baseball's 'Slash'

Not too far from the entrance to one of the top golf resorts in the country, one now noted for two Greg Norman-designed courses that are distinctly different in their styles and skills needed to navigate, Jordan Schafer and his father invited his agent to dinner. At a Chili’s not too far from Orlando, right there along the line between Osceola and Polk counties, they met to decide what direction Jordan’s baseball career should go.

Bird Land