Chad Cordero fights on after devastating personal tragedy

That Chad Cordero did not fare that well against the Phillies in his first big league appearance of the spring — one run, two hits, one wild pitch, one hit batter over six faced, his line read — was not the main story in Florida on Tuesday. That the Toronto Blue Jays reliever has been able to summon the courage to attempt a comeback after an immense personal tragedy last December qualifies as a much bigger headline. Not only for this week, but for all of spring. As some of you might have already learned through Barry Svrluga's must-read feature in today's Washington Post — or from Shi Davidi's article in the Canadian Press last month — Cordero and his wife Jamie lost their 11-week-old baby daughter Tehya to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome on Dec. 3. Now, less than four months after his family's unspeakable loss, Cordero has been trying to win his first regular job in the majors since his career was derailed by a torn labrum in his right shoulder in 2008. And in doing so...