Why do baseball umpires make calls in that grunting voice?

Question:they never use their regular voices to make calls. they aren't any louder when they use the grunt voice. and they seem to do this from children's leagues on up to college and pro.

is this baseball tradition or just silly?

Answers:

For all you baseball fans out there!?

I'm a little league ump and I know what you're talking about. Now that you mention it, I'm not even sure why I do it. I think it just makes your voice carry more. Also, when you're wearing the mask it makes it hard to talk in your normal voice.

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Most are doing it so they can be heard clearly.

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A guy started to do it long ago and ever since that umpires thought they had to do it as well...?

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It's a trademark for the umps...each has their own "style" of calling balls, strikes, safe, or out, and thats what identifies them from other umps.

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I think it's a baseball tradition, and I find it weird if they don't grunt or make different noises while umpiring.

All umps are different and there are some who make a LOT of noise and others who don't say much at all.

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i think it is just a sound effect form the mask and the micophones. not all umpires do that. there are noisy ones and quiet ones. Soome point to the left, others to the right.

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