Tournament seed question (home vs. visitor)

[DG]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

In a tie game in the last (or extra) innings, the visitor has to make a strategic decision about whether to go for a big inning or sacrifice an out to get across a run... the home team KNOWS how many runs it needs, and can avoid that choice. They would not sacrifice if they needed 2 runs and only had 1 person on. Ditto stolen base decisions, etc.

Decision may hinge on who is at bat, but agree, decisions to be made for visitor, but nevertheless they are made throughout the game, and in a youth league tournament it don't matter much.

Home matters for teams who actually play at home fields, they know every nuance of the field. Playing LF wall in Boston is certainly an advantage for the home team vs. the visitors. Who is home team for youth league players in tournaments on neutral fields is hardly relevant.

The question asked was about how it is decided in youth league tournaments, not whether advantageous, and for the most part that has been answered.

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

That's just wrong. Baseball absolutely has the BIGGEST home team advantage

FWIW home winning percentage is highest in professional soccer, not baseball.

[eric0531]

Originally Posted by Mountaincoach

The original #1 seed has a chance to come back out of the losers bracket and face us in the championship game. So here's the question--should the original #1 seed still get the "home team" advantage (by batting last) or do we earn the "home team" advantage by remaining in the winners bracket?

I don't know if there are any hard and fast rules on this, but in my experience where home/visitor are not decided by coin flip then these are often handled with the team at the top of the bracket being home team.

For what it's worth, our LL has a long tradition of taking visitor when winning the coin flip in tournament games, the logic being we want the opportunity to be the first team with runs on the board.

[Mountaincoach]

Originally Posted by eric0531

I don't know if there are any hard and fast rules on this, but in my experience where home/visitor are not decided by coin flip then these are often handled with the team at the top of the bracket being home team.

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For the record, that is exactly what eventually happened. We won 15-10!