mental mistakes by umpires = ejections

[Sal Giaco]

Originally posted by jumpmaster
FWIW, I subscribe to HHH's theory of "eject early and often because I like quiet, peaceful games" and I believe that coaches and players will usually do something to warrant their early departure.

Personally, I subscribe to the theory that anyone, even someone who has never umpired in their life, can throw someone out of a game (that's fairly easy). However, it takes an experienced umpire to know how to keep players and coaches in the game, i.e. preventitive officiating, defusing situations, nipping things in the bud, etc.

When you get to a certain level of experience, all umpires have pretty much the same ability as far as balls & strikes and safe & outs. What separates the good ones from the great ones is handling situations. I don't know what HHH theory's is all about, but in my opinion, it sounds a little "inexperienced" to me.