Ausmus back after watching from suite Tuesday

DETROIT — Tigers manager Brad Ausmus has talked several times about the vantage point of watching games from the dugout. On Tuesday, he got a different view, watching his team from Justin Verlander’s club suite.

Ausmus said he found out around an hour and a half before first pitch that he had the evening off, thanks to Major League Baseball’s one-game suspension for his on-field tirade the previous game. While bench coach Gene Lamont filled in, Ausmus was a spectator, barred from the dugout and clubhouse.

He watched from a different angle and checked out the Fox Sports Detroit telecast with Kirk Gibson on the call. He even admitted to checking out social media.

“The only thing I checked on Twitter was to see if there was a #firelamont hashtag yet,” Ausmus said, half-joking. “There was. When …

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