Which dugout do you use?

The one that doesn't have the sun in our eyes...unless it is going to be cold and then the one with the sun in our eyes...

Most fields around here have 3rd side setup as the home dugout.  If we get to choose then we pick the one that is not being pounded on by the sun.  If they both are the same the one without the sun in our eyes.

The best one . From traveling around and being in lots of dugouts as a coach, what I find is it really comes down to "best" dugout for whatever reason. some it is closest to get to, some it is the bigger of the 2, or the benches. My son's HS team switched a few years ago. they always used !B dugout as home because it was right by the parking lot. They switched because they put a hitting barn/ locker room attached to 3b dugout because it had space behind to do that.

First base at our school. A few teams in District use third..

3B. Less sun in the PM, drier after a rain, bigger stands on that side too, and better viewing area down the line.

Son's school uses 3B side as it's right next to their batting cage and bullpen.

I prefer the 3b side. It allows me coach my kids in the dugout easily when I have the opportunity as I'm coaching 3b.

Our high school used the first base side. I'm guessing it's because it's closer to the batting cages and the better bullpen. I spent three years looking into the sun watching games. We told the coach we would build a better bullpen on the other side of the field if he would switch. Facilities wouldn't allow it. Volunteer dads are non union work. You should have seen the redesign for the baseball field had local companies been allowed to volunteer materials and work. No, instead we had to raise money and bid out materials. Then let Facilities build crappy dugouts and no stands.

3rd base side (like Cubs and I think Diamondbacks). Most head coaches would probably prefer to coach third (should I send the runner) than first (arguing close play at first or not having a runner get picked off.) If the HC prefers coaching first, my guess would be he would want 1B dugout.

The one with the most shade

Now that I think of it, our frosh field uses 3rd base side for home.  The Varsity field uses 1st base.  Im guessing its setup this way as this puts each side closest to the batting cages and bullpen.

3B.  Parking lot, equipment shed, shade, better bullpens, bigger stands.

That's the main reason I prefer the 3B side.

 A minor reason is that it's a shorter walk.