Home Team

[Sweet Lou]

I guess I'm a idiot. Just checked our league rules and home team get's 3B dugout. I we even played a game as visitor last night in 1B dugout. Not sure how I could forget that.

 

[sjw62000]

I think it's probably a matter of timing for TB at least. By the time they flip the coin, teams already want to be settled in the dugout and ready to hit the field. If they had to do a dugout shuffle, that would take up time and cause that field to run late.

I've been in TB for a while and I can tell you, between switching umps, getting the other teams to clear the dugout, and getting a team into the dugout, all while trying to maintain a time schedule and not knowing who the home team is until the coin toss (pool play). Attempting to adhere to any sort of "who has which dugout" adds too many logistics to an already hectic timeline.

Additionally, I like the 3B side because, as mentioned before, I coach 3b and I like to be able to talk to the dugout when we are on offense.

Having said that our rec league adheres strictly to the "home team is in in 1B dugout" rule. Not really a big deal because it is one game at a time and teams know if they are home or away because the schedule tells them so.

Finally, I am a fan of tradition and until this thread I assumed that all big league parks had their home team on the 1B side. I guess you learn something new everyday.

 

[SESwildfire]

I thought the standard was always home team was in the 3B dugout?

that is the standard

 

[SESwildfire]

We drew a firecrackers team for brkt play in State during a tournament. We were the home team, and both teams waiting for field to finish before we took the field. We headed to 3rd base side and the coach comes over and tells me hes taking that dugout, that the home team takes 1B side and his reasoning and i quote "That is how the royals stadium is, so you must be wrong here".... I was speechless. Ended up being a pretty chippy game too as he taught his players to block the base path and i teach my girls to truck players that do that. lol

 

[SESwildfire]

wow after reading all these replies here seems like everyone grew up with a different standard on this one. Then again using the Yankees as a gold standard in this thread makes the rest of the country automatically think you are wrong lol

 

[texasheat]

that is the standard

There is no standard............................ so any of you coaches arguing with other coaches one way or the other owe those other coaches an apology next time you see them

 

[Orange Socks]

Home team=3B side.

 

[riseball]

I don't care which side we get. If dugout protocol is truly a thing with the other team we have their butts whipped. Play ball.

 

[J.Galt]

Your kidding right? Watch any MLB games lately? Home team is along 1st base line.

Not if your team is in So Cal

 

[grcsftbll]

It's first come, first served IME. Plus by the time they take the field and do the coin toss (it's so rare to be in a tournament that determines who's home by high seed even in bracket, at least in our age group here), everyone's already in a dugout.