Actually, it seems that MANY pro guys never umpired before going to pro school. So, there is a pretty good chance that he only has a few (3-5 years) experience. Maybe a year of Rookie ball, 40 games. 1 years of short season A, 40 games (two years, and he still hasn't worked as many games as I do in a year), Long A, maybe 120 games (about how many I work a year), then AA, another 120 games. I am counting about 320 games there.
Not that many.
And I am being serious. Many of these guys are not that experienced in umpiring. They should have to go out and do a few years of adult leagues first to get a clue about how to deal with grown men expressing their displeasure with calls.
I related in another thread about how I watched a AAA game a week ago, and the plate ump after every "close" call/pitch at the plate would stare over at the dugout of the team it went against. It truely looked like he was baiting them to say something about the call!
It never fails. When I work with an ex pro guy, and a batter gets hit, after the game they always say how they think the pitcher was throwing at them.
I issue about 1 warning every other year for this, and it is never problem!
Anyway, yeah, a bit sarcasm, but a bit of truth in my post. Truely, this guy appears like he doesn't know how to handle tough situations. If he had a command of the game, I doubt that he would have had to dump 3 people from the same team! The term that the manager used "over-umpiring" is unfortunately spot on with many of these pro guys! I had several AAA players tell me about how with the "regular guys" they can't really say ANYTHING to them without getting tossed. I believe it based on what I have seen!