Mitch Gaspard knew this day was coming.
Schedules aligned for a while, but with his Alabama baseball team hitting the road for the next few weekends, they're going to be without outfielder Keith Holcombe. He's got a linebacker job to win.
The two-sport juggle will take a break in the final three weeks of Alabama's spring football practice. The Tide baseball team will play Auburn at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Montgomery on Tuesday night before heading straight to Athens, Ga., for a Thursday-Saturday series with Georgia. They head to Lexington the following weekend for three with Kentucky.