Brad Ausmus
Brad Ausmus
Bradley David "Brad" Ausmusis a former catcher in Major League Baseball, and the current manager of the Detroit Tigers. He has also previously managed the Israel national baseball team...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth14 April 1969
CityNew Haven, CT
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We have a group of guys who realize a lot of the reason he signed here was to be close to his family.
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We need these guys to contribute offensively in order for us to win because we don't have the offensive lineup that we had a year ago.
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It stinks for me, because he's the guy that I could really bounce things off of. He's the guy who I would have a beer with after the game and talk about the game with. The guy I went to eat meals with. Certainly, our friendship doesn't end because he may not ever play again. But I would prefer to have him sitting next to me in the locker room.
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It's nice for those guys that I played with to see me now, to see how I've evolved,
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I would love to say that I have an eighth-inning guy, a seventh-inning guy, a left-handed guy, a long guy.
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Performances will determine who actually ends up being the eighth-inning guy.
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A lot of guys get upset in that situation, ... but he was able to shrug it off. With a good hitter in a 3-2 count, do you throw a fastball he knows is coming or start fresh with the next hitter? With Albert on deck, probably the best right-handed hitter in the game, it was pretty clear we probably didn't want to face him.
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You don't walk a guy and put the tying run on second base. I don't care if it's Babe Ruth.
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Our bullpen is definitely deeper (than last year). Guys like Chad Qualls and Dan Wheeler were kind of feeling out what roles they would have, but they established early in the season that they would be legitimate late-inning guys.
bullpen chad dan deeper definitely early feeling guys last legitimate roles season
Our bullpen is definitely deeper (than last year), ... Guys like Chad Qualls and Dan Wheeler were kind of feeling out what roles they would have, but they established early in the season that they would be legitimate late-inning guys.
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He was the one guy that anyone could and would come to if they had a question. And also the one guy that if he said something in front of a group everyone would listen. I think he'll be around a little bit. I don't think he's going to be a ghost.
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I probably was the only guy not jumping around in the dugout.
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Generally, if there's any question, I would either tag the guy or throw the ball to first or turn around and look at the umpire and show him the ball and get a definitive out call, ... I see both sides of the issue. I think in Josh Paul's mind, there was no question, and the replay seems to show he caught the ball. I understand why he assumed the batter was out, but by the same token he did reach down toward the ground.
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In a game like this you certainly want to win, because the guy behind you in the standings is staring at you across the field.