[jumpmaster]

DG will learn, one day.

SMG, asking to dust off the rubber after a pick-off play is akin to questioning the call. Blue made a call that you don't agree with and cost you a runner and you immediately ask him to clean the rubber. If you did it to me, I see it as questioning my call and as an inference that I don't know what happened.

What might have been a better course to follow was on the way to your dugout between innings, cross the mound and wipe the rubber. Or have your pitcher do it. Sun Tzu once said that the "acme of skill is to win the battle without fighting". By following this course you prevent the "fight" and still accomplish the objective.