Major League Baseball’s Detroit Tigers have named Brad Ausmus ’91 the team’s new manager, reports Bloomberg. Ausmus played 18 Major League Baseball seasons—from 1993 through 2010—as a catcher, but his new role with the Tigers is his first stint as a manager.
“You could tell he was going to be a manager many years ago,” Tigers General Manager Dave Dombrowski tells Bloomberg. “He actually provided more leadership than many young players would when he was out there. Being a catcher, he was always in charge of the operations on the field.”
Ausmus spent the past three years as special assistant of baseball operations for the San Diego Padres, Bloomberg reports.
Read the full story, published 11/4/13 by Bloomberg.
Ausmus was also featured on MLB.com and in the Detroit Free Press.
