I don't think the pitch to Ensberg was all that bad. I didn't see the replay. He had good enough stuff. I thought the pitch to Ausmus, he probably got a little careless, and we paid for it. He retired six guys. He had good enough stuff to do it, he just didn't get it done.
Quotes about ausmus (10 Quotes)
I said it's going to take a couple of breaks and someone's going to have to bust one long. That was the Hudson that I had seen in previous years in the American League with a good sinking fastball. He was keeping the ball down in the zone and just didn't give us much. And sure enough, we got something going. And Lance (Berkman) comes up with a big boom. Then of course Ausmus with a big boom, too.
(Catcher) Brad (Ausmus) did a great job of timing that one. He was set up for a high fastball to make it look like I was going to throw a high fastball, so maybe the runner was looking at Brad instead of me.
I'm looking at moving Ausmus to his next career. Being a utility player is one step away from being a coach. As soon as I can make him a coach, I'll be happy.
Stuff-wise, that's as good as it gets in this league, ... The combination of him and Brad Ausmus behind the plate is just a tough combination. Brad knows what he's doing, moving the ball back and forth, fastballs away and cutters. It's one thing to move the ball around, but it's another thing to execute the pitches.
Morgan hit a good pitch, I thought. He hit it a long way to the opposite field. On Ausmus' homer, that pitch I wanted more away from him, but it wasn't.
You have to let Edmonds hit the ball. You can't walk him and catcher Brad Ausmus knows that ... and that was a mistake.
The big points in the game were when we scored, I needed to go out and shut them out and I didn't. The Weeks home run gave them too much momentum. There's no doubt about that. Brad Ausmus and I had total control of the game until that home run.
It's nice to not have to worry about that spot. Catching is the hardest thing to find quality. You look at clubs tying up their catchers -- the Reds with Jason LaRue, us with Ausmus -- clubs are trying to hold onto those guys. They're quality guys and they're dependable.
I told Bobby Cox I could go two innings today and I felt fine. This is just a game of inches. That Ausmus home run barely cleared the line.