The value of the homerun (long-winded vent)

It can be very frustrating when you lay down what seems to be a pretty good game plan, see the plan working the way it is supposed to, yet get sub-par results.
I'm in an 80's mystery card league, in Royals stadium. For those not familiar with those stadiums, it's 1-16 singles, 1-2 homeruns.
Obviously, small ball was my plan. I drafted a lot of high AVG guys, with some decent pitching. Well of course, not all the players in mystery card format work out the way you'd like, but overall I feel it worked out pretty good with the way most of my guys turned out.
Well, to make a long story short, I'm (barely) leading the league in batting average with .291, the league average is .270 and I am destroying the competition in runs allowed. I have allowed 518 total runs, while the next fewest has allowed 560. That's a pretty big lead for being 117 games into a season.
So you would think I am doing well right? Of course not. I have scored the 3rd fewest amount of runs (was second fewest, but in one of my games tonight I had a 17 run outburst) with 514. If not for some good luck, I should have a losing record. Lucky for me I'm still in it with a 61-56 record, 4 games out of first, but this on the heels of losing 2-3 to the worst team, and the lowest scoring team I might add.
So why does a team with the highest league batting average and fewest league runs allowed play so poorly? Well it's because I have hit only 66 homeruns as a team and though my pitching has been good with runs allowed, I have allowed 168 homeruns. The team with the next fewest homers (113) and the next one after that (132) are both teams I'm ahead of in runs scored. I knew going into the season that I would not hit a lot of HR's, but I did not think the lack of power would hurt me that much.
I am also in a 70's league and an ATG 4 league with similar strategies. I'm getting similar results, but not quite as dramatic as the 80's league. I'm doing pretty well in ATG, and my 70's team is just starting to come around, but it all comes down to the dreaded homerun. I'm only 29 years old, so I did not have the pleasure of enjoying baseball when it wasn't all about the power, but I think of my self as old school when it comes down to it, I don't like how it's all about the big power hitters. Give me a Tony Gwynn type player over a Mark McGwire type player any day.
Ironically enough, my only championship came in the 80's with a team in the kingdome, a homerun park.
It's for this reason why I'll probably never play ATG again. I'm noticing way too much offense. It could be due to a 60mil cap, but I think that a higher cap would mean for more offense.
I guess I don't really have a point to this other than to vent a little. If I want to win in the future, I may have to change emphasis more toward homeruns.
I would love a league purposely set up with good pitching vrs only average hitting, with an emphasis being on fewer homeruns.
Who else thinks the game would be better (both strat and real life baseball) if there was less offense and better pitching?
I'm in an 80's mystery card league, in Royals stadium. For those not familiar with those stadiums, it's 1-16 singles, 1-2 homeruns.
Obviously, small ball was my plan. I drafted a lot of high AVG guys, with some decent pitching. Well of course, not all the players in mystery card format work out the way you'd like, but overall I feel it worked out pretty good with the way most of my guys turned out.
Well, to make a long story short, I'm (barely) leading the league in batting average with .291, the league average is .270 and I am destroying the competition in runs allowed. I have allowed 518 total runs, while the next fewest has allowed 560. That's a pretty big lead for being 117 games into a season.
So you would think I am doing well right? Of course not. I have scored the 3rd fewest amount of runs (was second fewest, but in one of my games tonight I had a 17 run outburst) with 514. If not for some good luck, I should have a losing record. Lucky for me I'm still in it with a 61-56 record, 4 games out of first, but this on the heels of losing 2-3 to the worst team, and the lowest scoring team I might add.
So why does a team with the highest league batting average and fewest league runs allowed play so poorly? Well it's because I have hit only 66 homeruns as a team and though my pitching has been good with runs allowed, I have allowed 168 homeruns. The team with the next fewest homers (113) and the next one after that (132) are both teams I'm ahead of in runs scored. I knew going into the season that I would not hit a lot of HR's, but I did not think the lack of power would hurt me that much.
I am also in a 70's league and an ATG 4 league with similar strategies. I'm getting similar results, but not quite as dramatic as the 80's league. I'm doing pretty well in ATG, and my 70's team is just starting to come around, but it all comes down to the dreaded homerun. I'm only 29 years old, so I did not have the pleasure of enjoying baseball when it wasn't all about the power, but I think of my self as old school when it comes down to it, I don't like how it's all about the big power hitters. Give me a Tony Gwynn type player over a Mark McGwire type player any day.
Ironically enough, my only championship came in the 80's with a team in the kingdome, a homerun park.
It's for this reason why I'll probably never play ATG again. I'm noticing way too much offense. It could be due to a 60mil cap, but I think that a higher cap would mean for more offense.
I guess I don't really have a point to this other than to vent a little. If I want to win in the future, I may have to change emphasis more toward homeruns.
I would love a league purposely set up with good pitching vrs only average hitting, with an emphasis being on fewer homeruns.
Who else thinks the game would be better (both strat and real life baseball) if there was less offense and better pitching?