PHOTO GALLERY: LWR Business Alliance Breakfast of Champions

Trevor Gooby and Steve Blass of the Pittsburgh Pirates say excitement for the team in the Bradenton area — where the team holds its spring training — has never been greater.

New business alliance members Audrey Gentile and Ted Smoot of Suncoast Social

Katie Holmes-Hrnak of the Holiday Inn Lakewood Ranch with Shelby Connett of the Sarasota Sports Commission

Christi Newkirk of RTI Insurance with Ken Burke of Hometown News USA

Bruce Gallaway and Jeremy Keller of BB&T and Clifton Aiken of SunTrust

Lori Denny of SouthTech and Ray Reher of Innovative CFO Solutions

Mark Clark of Nepsis Capital Management, John Goda of RTI Insurance and Trevor Goody of the Pittsburgh Pirates