Burdi making brave comeback
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — The rib is stashed away somewhere in his parents’ house in suburban Chicago, a reminder of what Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Nick Burdi needed to lose to find himself.
The images are ingrained in the 27-year-old’s mind forever, every pitcher’s nightmare come to agonizing life. The hard-throwing righthander, his big league career finally gaining some traction following a…