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JR, you have to admit that even though Mattingly wore out his welcome the day before, there's nothing wrong with calling time to ask whether the first baseman pulled his foot or bobbled the catch. Nor should there be. I still think there was a lot Mattingly could have done better in this situation, it sounds (from this admittedly 1-sided account) like it could have been handled better by blue as well.
Mattingly - you should take JR's first part to heart though. There is no inalienable right to argue a judgement call at all. Come out and ask a question - fine. But it sounds like you'd pissed this guy off enough in that first game, that by all rights he probably should have tossed you during THAT game, so maybe you were more belligerent than you think you were.
I can envision a conversation prior to the game, where young inexperienced homeplate umpire sees you, explains to his partner what happened the day before, and experienced base ump suggests: "If he breathes funny, toss him." Right or wrong - I can certainly see it happening.
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