Pittsburgh — Pitchers and catchers.
So much of what happens in the long hours before a night game involves pitchers and catchers, and a manager who caught 18 years and was considered one of the best handlers of pitchers in the game.
Some four-and-half hours before the game Wednesday, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus was in the visitor’s bullpen with pitching coach Rich Dubee and bullpen coach Mick Billmeyer, monitoring Justin Verlander’s seemingly intense between-starts mound session.
Verlander was tagged for 10 hits and seven runs in 4u2153 innings by the Pirates on Monday.