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A torrid start to spring training for Tigers catcher Bryan Holaday, who is 6-for-8 with three HR's in 4 games already. Here is where it becomes complicated. He is battling for backup catching job against Jarrod Salatalamacchia, who provides some needed pop from left side of the plate. Holaday out of minor-league options so would most certainly be claimed if placed on waivers. Have to think Tigers will investigate trade opportunities and he's only helping his own value right now.

http://espn.go.com/blog/detroit-tig...holaday-putting-on-a-show-or-is-it-a-showcase
Bryan Holaday putting on a show -- or is it a showcase?
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Holaday, who refined his swing two offseasons ago while working with baseball legend Al Kaline, scrapping his big leg kick and opting for a shorter one instead, said he is adept at maintaining an even-keel when facing the reality of the business. He had a mental conditioning coach at TCU and still remains in touch with him for help.
 
March 6 in Tigers and mlb history:

1973 - Larry Hisle of the Minnesota Twins becomes the first designated hitter in major league history during an exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1985 - Enos Slaughter and Arky Vaughan are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.

2001 - Former Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star second baseman Bill Mazeroski and Negro Leagues pitching great Hilton Smith are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.

2005 - Suzyn Waldman becomes the first woman to be a full-time color commentator in major league history, making her debut with John Sterling on WCBS-AM 880, the radio flagship of the New York Yankees. The former radio-talk host on WFAN, the first all-sports radio station in United States, was also the first female to broadcast on a national baseball telecast, as well as the first to provide local TV (Yankees) major league play-by-play.

2014 - Dr. Frank Jobe, the pioneer surgeon who performed the first ligament replacement surgery on pitcher Tommy John in 1974 and then popularized the technique that has saved hundred of pitchers' careers, dies in Santa Monica, CA at age 88. He had been a medical adviser to the Los Angeles Dodgers for 50 years, continuing even after his retirement from regular practice in 2008.

Tigers players, coaches, and managers birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/orreljo01.shtml
Joe Orrell 1943-1945.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Swift
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/swiftbo01.shtml?redir
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/swiftbo01.shtml
Bob Swift 1944-1953, coach 1953-1954, 1963-1966, manager 1965, 1966.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mierked01.shtml
Ed Mierkowicz 1945, 1947-1948.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/halljo02.shtml
Joe Hall 1995, 1997.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/duranro01.shtml
Roberto Duran 1997-1998.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/alvarga01.shtml
Gabe Alvarez 1998-2000.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Marcus_Thames
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thamema01.shtml?redir
Marcus Thames 2004-2009.

from Baseball Reference
 
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