Bard Bard In medieval Gaelic and British culture, a bard was a professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or noble), to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities. Originally a specific, lower class of poet, contrasting with the higher rank known as "fili" in Ireland and Highland Scotland, with the decline of living bardic tradition in the modern period the term "bard" acquired generic meanings of an author or minstrel, especially a famous one. For example, William Shakespeare, and Rabindranath Tagore,
Daniel Bard 107 strikeouts in 77⅔ innings of work, and was named the Boston Red Sox 2008 Minor League Pitcher of the Year. Bard began the season at AAA Pawtucket. He faced 58 batters in 16 innings, giving up six hits and striking out 29. Of those six hits, two were home runs. On May 10, 2009, the Red Sox designated pitcher Javier López for assignment, and called Bard up from the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox. On May 13, 2009, he made his major-league debut against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitching two scoreless innings in an 8–4 loss. Bard made