Winning coin flip. Home or Visitor

[Steiner302]

Hey guys. About to go to play at our Middle School State tournament. Wondering strategy of choosing home or away at coin flip. I feel we are the favorites and have a really solid pitcher. Not sure if trying to get first ABs and put pressure on them when we are the favorites is a good strategy. Any thoughts.

 

[_MIA_]

Is PETA aware of this?

 

[_MIA_]

Damn you changed it. Now my post makes no sense

 

[Steiner302]

Don’t need PETA on my tail. Lol

 

[PharmerBrown]

Are you playing innings or a time limit? If time limit, is it drop dead or finish the inning?

 

[Steiner302]

Sorry. No time limit. Innings.

 

[Gambler Bob]

I always chose to hit first in pool play games and usually the first bracket game if the games were finish the inning. We would usually slaughter rule a bunch of teams. My thought process was that I did not want to give up 3 or 4 turns to bat over the course of a tournament because of the slaughter rule. In a slaughter rule game the home team may not get to hit in the final inning.

Games were usually more competitive by the time we got to the 2nd round of bracket play. At that point I would choose the to be the home team if I won the coin toss.

In your situation, I would choose to be the home team.

 

[uncdrew]

I like being visitors. One reason is to put some pressure on them by scoring first. Second reason is my main one:

Get your girls more at bats.

Example is last night. We were home team. We were leading the whole the game, so didn't get our last at bats. Girls want at bats. Being visitor gives you more of them.

 

[jmack31]

This past spring, we played in a non-sanctioned tournament with a drop dead rule and the score did not revert to the previous inning. This was not a friendly, round robin, but an actual tournament. I've never heard of such a thing. In that particular case, away team every flip. We lost in semis, which this rule still applied. Didn't hang around to see if it continued in champ game but we'll never play that tournament again.

 

[canyonjoe]

Since you are playing innings I would take home. In timed pool games I would always take visitor.