The role of emergency replacement admittedly made Gene Lamont a little nervous. He wasn’t completely sure about the instant replay challenge process. But it was only a one-game managerial appointment, thus the Detroit Tigers’ usual bench coach didn’t forget his place.
He stood when he talked with reporters following the Tigers’ 7-2 win over Minnesota. When asked afterwards why he declined taking a seat behind Brad Ausmus’ desk, Lamont said matter-of-factly “it’s not my chair.”
Lamont didn’t know until 90 minutes before the first pitch that Major League Baseball suspended Ausmus for one game for what it deemed “excessive arguing and inappropriate actions” from his highly publicized tirade Monday night against home plate umpire Doug Eddings.