LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- When Eric O'Flaherty returned to ESPN's Wide World of Sports complex as the first of the two left-handed relievers the Braves might add this week, he re-acquainted himself with the familiar environment and began looking forward to the opportunity to be reunited with pitching coach Roger McDowell.
"I talked to my agent about coming back here during the offseason, but there were so many lefties in camp that there really wasn't a fit," O'Flaherty said. "So I didn't really think it was any kind of possibility to be back here. I thought I had a pretty good chance to make [the Pirates], but if I didn't there might be an opening here.