Brad Ausmus

Everyone looks at the records and talks about how this team plays so many sub-.500 teams and this team plays read more

Everyone looks at the records and talks about how this team plays so many sub-.500 teams and this team plays so many teams above .500, and it's all a load of crap. You've got to go out and win your games no matter what anyone else does.

We knew our pitching staff was the backbone of the team. The question mark is our hitting. It isn't over read more

We knew our pitching staff was the backbone of the team. The question mark is our hitting. It isn't over yet. We've still got two weeks to go, and the offense has to come around. We're day to day with our offense.

I think he feels the door has been opened, and he's getting some shoves from behind.

I think he feels the door has been opened, and he's getting some shoves from behind.

A lot of guys get upset in that situation, ... but he was able to shrug it off. With a read more

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.

He's tough to compare to anyone, I think, because of not only his success but the longevity of his success. read more

He's tough to compare to anyone, I think, because of not only his success but the longevity of his success. I mean, who pitches for 20-some years and has only one losing season and at the age of 43 has a sub-2.00 ERA?