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Pick home and have your ace throw the first two pitches under their chins...should be set for the rest of the game.
That is my thinking that since we would be guaranteed to our full share of AB's that our lineup can put up an extra run or two going into our opponents last AB. Could put them away, change their strategy maybe being down more than normal going into their last ABs. This is all "hoping" that extra AB produces runs...but we all hope.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.
That is my thinking that since we would be guaranteed to our full share of AB's that our lineup can put up an extra run or two going into our opponents last AB. Could put them away, change their strategy maybe being down more than normal going into their last ABs. This is all "hoping" that extra AB produces runs...but we all hope.
Summarized well here:
Home or Visitor: The Choice May Not Be That Obvious
Youth tournament coaches — when given the choice — almost always choose to be the home team. But is this the wrong decision? In pool play, I’d say it absolutely is. Here is the argument…spiderselite.com
You obviously don't play when the heat indexes are 105+...The less innings you can play the better..Teams do things which are usually frowned upon (stealing up by a bunch,etc) to get a run-rule and (usually) nobody complains because they know why they are doing it..Who cares about saving an inning of pitching in pool play?
Who cares about saving an inning of pitching in pool play? This isn't baseball, there isn't a pitch count.
My pitchers want more innings on the weekend, not less.
"...offensive team should bat first to get that emotional lift.". Good grief.
It’s pretty clear from 3/4 of his posts that every pitcher GS worked with had Nolan Ryan endurance..Yes, they want to pitch more innings on the weekend (overall). To pitch more on Sunday is the goal.
Win (or lose) efficiently on Saturday so you're less gassed on Sunday.