So tomorrow is supposed to be chilly for  the one day, two round playoffs and we need to somehow find the same magic we had on Sunday and Monday when we were healthy to advance. We open against the Blass-Mazeroski team that beat us 3-2 yesterday with the flamethrower.

Tonight, in camp tradition, we traded in our uniforms for some real clothes and the entire team went to a local restaurant to celebrate the week. If you are ever in Bradenton, Florida and go to the Boiler Room Bar & Grill please make sure to leave your sport jacket in the car.   I made a cardinal camp error getting ready for the evening when I mistook the IcyHot for Right Guard. Darn that burns.  Our coaches, Spanky LaValliere and Don Robinson, joined us as our guests in a camp custom to thank them for tolerating us for the six days.  These are two quality guys that want to see us get the most from our experience. I got lucky playing for them.

Nice evening and as a bonus nobody got hurt.

Keep reading, with Part 1 on Berger’s Return to the Pittsburgh Pirates Camp and Part II Return to the Pittsburgh Pirate Camp and Part III: Let the Games Begin and Part IV: Learning from Legends.

By Roy Berger for PeterGreenberg.com