Timed game: Pick home or away?

[fastpitch]

Not sure if this has been discussed here...

You are playing drop dead 1' 20" rules or no new inning after 1' 20 and drop dead 1' 30" or something similar. Do you pick home or away?

Someone told me you should pick visitor but really couldn't explain the logic.

What do you guys do?

 

[stephanie]

drop dead? Pick visitor.
The probability that you will get to bat, and time will run out before home team gets to bat is pretty high...Game can end before bottom of the inning.

 

[Coach JV]

Drop dead and revert to last completed inning, we bat 1st. If there is a time limit and
complete the inning, we are always home. In the first instance, we like the chance to
draw first blood as the home team has no clear advantage

 

[obbay]

In the winter we play in an indoor league that has 90 minute games. coin toss decides who gets choice of Home or away. You always pick Away so you are guaranteed you'll get AT LEAST as many at bats as the other team.

Away team could wind up with both first and last at-bats

 

[mad hornet]

We always take visitors when we win the flip. Some of our parents think I'm nuts but I like to make sure our kids get their at bats.

For a timed game it doesn't provide any advantage as far as winning or losing, but a game can end during the visitors at bat with drop dead so the visiting team gets more at bats regardless of the score.

 

[SoCalDad]

Depends on the team we are playing and how many games we have in the day. If we are facing a weaker team (i.e. silver or bronze) I choose home team in this situation as the mercy rule is invoked as early as 3 1/2 inning and potentially cuts down the amount of time my team is on the field. The temperature is rising and having girls on a hot field when unnecessary just wears them down.

 

[TheRogue]

We always take visitors when we win the flip. Some of our parents think I'm nuts but I like to make sure our kids get their at bats.

For a timed game it doesn't provide any advantage as far as winning or losing, but a game can end during the visitors at bat with drop dead so the visiting team gets more at bats regardless of the score.

We ALWAYS want to hit first. It's a psychological thing, lots of speed at the top and we nearly always score first. Puts major pressure on the opposing team. We've played enough teams 2 and 3 times now that they are taking that away from us when they win the flip. All the parents think we're nuts but can't argue with the numbers!! The players have bought into it 100%, they're always itching to hit first.

 

[mad hornet]

We ALWAYS want to hit first. It's a psychological thing, lots of speed at the top and we nearly always score first. Puts major pressure on the opposing team. We've played enough teams 2 and 3 times now that they are taking that away from us when they win the flip. All the parents think we're nuts but can't argue with the numbers!! The players have bought into it 100%, they're always itching to hit first.

I agree. It is good when we can set the tone for the game.

 

[softball_chic_12]

our team always picked home first. i think that's cuz we always get the last at-bat

 

[George R.]

If it's drop-dead, I choose to hit first. If it's no new inning, I take home.