National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Ausmus was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. In 2001 he did not play on Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, quipping that he "was trying to atone for my poor first half."
"I have had quite a few young Jewish boys who will tell me that I am their favorite player, or they love watching me play or they feel like baseball is a good fit for them because it worked for me, or it worked for Shawn Green or other Jewish players at the Major League level," said Ausmus. "It has been a sense of pride. If you can have a positive impact on a kid, I'm all for it."
Beginning in May 2012, Ausmus became the first manager of Israel's World Baseball Classic team and will manage them in the play-in round in September and, should they win, in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
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