If reports of Brad Ausmus’ impending dismissal at season’s end caught members of the Tigers front office off-guard (baseball operations people were surprised of any reports, which might say a lot), they were less of a surprise to Ausmus.
“Not really [surprised],” he said.
To some degree, it’s the situation. His status has been up in the air since Dave Dombrowski was fired last month. At the same time, he saw enough managers go through the same thing during his years as a player to know things can go down ugly.
“I still haven’t hung pictures up on the wall in my office,” Ausmus said, with a twinge dark humor.