Which game would you want to cover?

Yeah, for all those people who responded, I made a mistake...

The baseball game is at the powerhouse's field who has lights, but the visiting team has never played under lights. Last year the game was 2-1 in favor of the powerhouse. They got invited back this year to play under the lights, rather than the day.

 

I updated my first post with the sentences in bold that could change some answers.

 

I would pick baseball, but I guess that's mostly because I have never complained about covering a baseball game in my life. I would rather go to the ballpark than just about anything else in the world. Sex is the only thing definitely better, and a fun day in the mountains topped with a good beer by the campfire is in the conversation.

 

When it comes to road and home games. We always cover home events (aside from playoffs).

I don't think you can justify to readers, teams (nor management sometimes) driving X amount of out of town when someone plays at home at the same time.

 

Both games are away. The underdog baseball team and the underdog lacrosse team are our home schools. Unfortunately I cannot go to both games, since they are at the same time, so I must decide.

 

Go to the better game, which I guess would be lacrosse.

 

Go to the lacrosse game so that if a team wins with a flood of goals, you can run the headline "Lax-ative"

 

Back to my original answer: Baseball. I'm just guessing it has to have the bigger following. They were "invited" to play under the lights (first game of the season?) so the "host" must have some respect for them. They lost 2-1 last year, so both teams may use that (winner embarrassed, loser thinking "oh, so close). Lots of stuff points to baseball.

 

Mayfly hit the ground here running yesterday. He drove 8 hours, had some lunch, got his place to stay, then covered a baseball game; wrote a gamer and a nice sidebar that I think people will appreciate. That's the go-getter spirit newbies could learn from.

BTW, he struggled to come to a decision, then chose the lax game. If I weren't here 18 hours putting out the paper, I would have gone to the baseball game. Oh well.

 

Honestly, I'd go to the one that looks to be more competitive, or has the bigger chance for an upset.
I don't know how likely upsets are in lacrosse, but I'd pick baseball. lways some dumbe luck involved where the underdog's Joe Schmoe pitches the game of his life and his team wins 1-0

 

Ask May what happened when he got to his destination ...