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Catcher Gerald Laird seemed to injure himself running out a groundout in the eighth inning of Wednesday's exhibition game against the Toledo Mud Hens, slamming his helmet to the turf. He was replaced behind the plate by Curt Casali.

After the game Tigers officials called the injury "left-hamstring tightness," and both Laird and Tigers manager Leyland said they expect the catcher to be available for Thursday's game.
 
Among the members of the Tigers' front office who made the trip with the team to Toledo were president and general manager Dave Dombrowski, along with assistant general manager Al Avila and Tigers Hall of Famer Al Kaline.

The Tigers' roster was bolstered by the West Michigan Whitecaps, Detroit's low Class-A team in the Midwest League. The Whitecaps, who met at their Grand Rapids, Mich., home Tuesday, bussed after the game to open the season at Dayton.

Among the familiar names on the Whitecaps were Colin Kaline, Al Kaline's grandson; Patrick Leyland, Jim Leyland's son; and Nick Avila, Al Avila's nephew and Detroit catcher Alex Avila's cousin.

Leyland grew up in the Toledo suburb of Perrysburg, Ohio, which made the game a homecoming of sorts.

"A few of my friends were here, and that was nice," Leyland said after the game. "But this is a great working affiliate for us. If someone in Detroit stubs their toe in batting practice, if this team is home, I can get them [to Detroit] in 45 minutes. That works out pretty well."

Two other Perrysburg natives on the Tigers' staff are equipment manager Jim Schmakel and manager of baseball media relations Brian Britten.
 
April 5 in Tigers and mlb history :

1972: For the first time in Major League Baseball history, the regular season fails to open due to the player strike which started on April 1. 86 games will be lost before the labor dispute is settled. This unbalanced schedule with teams playing a different number of games will be a reason the Detroit Tigers win the A.L. East by 1/2 game over the boston redsox.

Tigers players birthdays :

from baseball reference
 
Today and for each of his home starts in 2012, Justin Verlander hosts Veterans who served in Iraq & Afghanistan in his personal luxury suite.
 
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