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Originally Posted by ilyazhito
might still be making loud "Ball" and "Strike" calls, to keep the good habits that they had learned in umpire school.
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Yes... even experienced umpires at all the levels I did (up through college) would say "ball" or "strike" -- except on balls that, for example, went to the backstop.
Beyond that, it's personal preference -- either your own, or that of your assignor / evaluator. It just happens that most (not all) choose to drop the number as not really adding anything to the call itself.