Can someone please remind me of the rules in place regarding home/road teams? The Hogs and USM were both home teams yesterday, and the Hogs are the higher-seeded team. Why are we in road grays tonight? Is it a coin flip the rest of the way?
I understand that playing at home creates a ton of advantages. But I’d rather have the last at bat. Both Clemson and Stanford were glad to have it last night.
What other restrictions are in place? I noticed no walk-up music yesterday. No RBI Girls and the like. Were the Diamond Dolls on the field? I can’t remember. Does the home team get to use its clubhouse?
I’m sure mods and others go over these every time the Hogs host. Maybe I’ll remember from year-to-year once we get on a hot streak of hosting these suckers.
Yep, no walk-up music & cheerleaders are allowed. I think it’s a coin flip after the first game where the higher seeded team is allowed “home field” last at bat after that. I can understand a coin flip when the two teams have had the same number of home games, but I don’t understand why they do it if one team has had more bottom of the inning bats.
I understand why some of the changes are made. I don’t understand why we can’t always use our own clubhouse, if that’s the case. At least they don’t make us go to a hotel.
The home team is determined by a coin flip the rest of the way. The NCAA loosened up its rules a year or so ago to let the home team always stay in its dugout and use its clubhouse.
As far as the RBI girls and walk-up music, the NCAA’s position is that it would make it feel too much like a road game for the opponent. I think that’s goofy. If you are going to let a team have home-field advantage, let them have their home-field traditions and routines.