Which game would you want to cover?

[Mayfly]

A. First baseball game under the lights for a small team, playing against the best team in the state. The game is going to be played at the powerhouse's field. The powerhouse had lights previously, but the underdog has never played under them. Might be a 10-run rule, might not. Last year the small team played the bigger team tough to a 2-1 loss.

B. Lacrosse game featuring two of the best programs in the state, but one is notorious for destroying the other. Could this be the year the underdog gets it together?


Opinions and feedback

 

[Armchair_QB]

Can I pick none of the above?

 

[Mayfly]

You could, but a real answer would be appreciated.

 

[Bubbler]

Call in sick.

 

[bigpern23]

A. First baseball game under the lights for a small team, playing against the best team in the state. Might be a 10-run rule, might not.

B. Lacrosse game featuring two of the best programs in the state, but one is notorious for destroying the other. Could this be the year the underdog gets it together?


Opinions and feedback

The baseball game in a landslide (and this is from someone who also loves covering lacrosse). You say both games could wind up in routs, so the baseball game likely has two factors in its favor. A) It's baseball and is likely of more interest to your readers (I don't know your area, but I assume it is) and B) it's the first game under the lights.

This one isn't close.

 

[Oz]

I would go baseball here because of the lights.

 

[Rosie]

Baseball because 1. I love baseball, 2. there is no lacrosse in my neck of the woods and 3. I know very little about lacrosse other than it was originally a game played by Native Americans (Iroquois if I remember correctly.)

 

[SoSueMe]

Baseball, baseball, baseball.

All of the reasons mentioned above (i.e. It's baseball, first game under the lights, probably of great reader interest, it's baseball, the game has a history being the close 2-1 loss last season, etc.)

 

[slappy4428]

Baseball, because there will never again be a first game under the lights

 

[slappy4428]

Not really. If it's the underdog's first homegame under the lights, go there. If the underdog is on the road, go to lacrosse -- unless baseball is in Lacrosse

 

[Mayfly]

The underdog is going to play against the state powerhouse under the lights on the road. Last year they played during the day and hung tough, losing 2-1. They played so well the coach of the powerhouse invited them back to play again this year.

 

[slappy4428]

The impression I got was the little underdog school got lights on its field and was playing its first home game with them...

Lax it is...

 

[Mayfly]

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.

 

[playthrough]

You only play under the lights for the first time once...the lax powerhouses play every year, so blah on that.

Then again, I'd have to choose baseball because I don't know the first thing about lax. Except that it can be abbreviated "lax."

 

[Mayfly]

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

 

[Hammer Pants]

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.

 

[SoSueMe]

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.

 

[Mayfly]

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.

 

[John]

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

 

[Mystery_Meat]

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