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Don Mattingly: Was he Dodgers manager or just managing?

If we could all mutually agree upon a lasting impression of Donnie Baseball Manager, all wrapped up in a Dodgers straitjacket, what would it be?

How about that awkwardly defiant moment when he defended his honor sitting next a horribly uncomfortable then-GM Ned Colletti after the 2013 season blew up? That tenacity was worth a three-year contract extension.

Then there was the awkward but loyal instance that really no one was to blame — not even himself — for the fact third base was left uncovered during a defensive shift that punctuated the decisive 2015 Game 5 of the NLDS against the Mets.