Had an umpire tell my son that he wasn't allowed to grunt as he released, said it could be a distraction to the batter. Ironically, once the other team picked up on the grunt, they had started to mimic him, doing it as he was going into his windup. Our upperclassman catcher told the umpire, that he believed it was acceptable for a pitcher to grunt on release, but what wasnt acceptable was for their dugout to be doing it during his windup to mess with him. The umpire let it go, but I was just curious if anyone had experienced this. The grunt is barely audible, and is definitely on release, so I am hesitant to say he should consider stopping. Anyway, just another weird day in high school baseball.
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