CLEVELAND -- Manager-umpire arguments and interaction have dwindled under expanded replay, so it might take some time before Paul Molitor's demeanor with the on-field arbiters reveals itself.
The Twins manager recalled being ejected just three times during his 21-year playing career, twice for slamming his helmet into the ground and the other for arguing a called third strike.
He was tossed three times as a Twins bench coach under Tom Kelly -- all in Cleveland. The team's weekend series against the Indians prompted Molitor to recount his Billy Martin moment.
It was late September 2001, and contraction rumors were in the air.