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Here they are!

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Below I've grouped the stadiums (apologies to those who prefer "stadia") according to their tendencies. At the bottom, I've made my predictions of the five likely to be most often selected.

[b:05b6ee40d7]Balanced Sluggers' Stadiums [/b:05b6ee40d7]
Coors Field '10 19 19 16 16
Rangers Ballpark '10 12 12 14 14

[b:05b6ee40d7]Balanced Middle-of-the-Road Stadiums [/b:05b6ee40d7]
Rogers Centre '10 3 3 12 12
Chase Field '10 14 14 10 10
Citizen's Bank Pk '10 9 9 10 10
Angels Stadium '10 7 7 9 9
Fenway Park '10 13 13 7 7

[b:05b6ee40d7]Balanced Pitchers' Stadiums[/b:05b6ee40d7]
Sun Life Stadium '10 8 8 7 7
Tropicana Field '10 5 5 7 7
McAfee Coliseum '10 4 4 5 5

[b:05b6ee40d7]Lefty-Favoring Sluggers' Stadiums[/b:05b6ee40d7]
Yankee Stadium '10 8 5 18 18
Wrigley Field '10 13 13 14 11
Miller Park '10 6 3 16 8

[b:05b6ee40d7]Lefty-Favoring Middle-of-the-Road Stadiums[/b:05b6ee40d7]
Nationals Park '10 10 5 8 8
PNC Park '10 10 10 9 4

[b:05b6ee40d7]Lefty-Favoring Pitchers' Stadiums [/b:05b6ee40d7]
Dodger Stadium '10 4 4 9 6
Citi Field '10 4 4 8 5
Busch Stadium '10 8 8 6 3
Progressive Field '10 7 7 6 3
SAFECO Field '10 5 5 7 2

[b:05b6ee40d7]Lefty-Favoring Singles' Stadium[/b:05b6ee40d7]
Target Field '10 17 11 1 1

[b:05b6ee40d7]Righty-Favoring Sluggers' Stadiums[/b:05b6ee40d7]
US Cellular Field '10 2 2 16 19
Camden Yards '10 9 12 15 15
Great Amer. Bpk '10 8 8 12 15

[b:05b6ee40d7]Righty-Favoring Middle-of-the-Road Stadiums[/b:05b6ee40d7]
Comerica Park '10 5 11 10 10
Turner Field '10 4 10 8 8
AT&T Park '10 10 10 5 10

[b:05b6ee40d7]Righty-Favoring Pitchers' Stadium[/b:05b6ee40d7]
Petco Park '10 1 1 1 4

[b:05b6ee40d7]Mixed Middle-of-the-Road Stadium[/b:05b6ee40d7]
Minute Maid Park '10 12 5 10 13

[b:05b6ee40d7]Mixed Singles' Stadium[/b:05b6ee40d7]
Kauffman Stadium '10 18 12 2 5

[b:05b6ee40d7]Predicted to Be Most Frequently Selected - Not in Order[/b:05b6ee40d7]
Petco Park '10 1 1 1 4
Coors Field '10 19 19 16 16
Miller Park '10 6 3 16 8
Target Field '10 17 11 1 1
US Cellular Field '10 2 2 16 19

was hoping to have a strong righty favoring slugging stadium. last one was in 2006 (?). Minute Maid Field was the place I believe. Boy was that an awesome year for me on multiple teams.

I'd like to see a bit more variety, rather then multiple stadiums having the same exact singles or HR rating. At least it is a bit more varied for 2010 then 2009.

Personally I'm looking at US Cell and Miller Par. Gotta go for the strong differentials and build your team around that. Its a make or break strategy though.

I've tried strong singles rating and weak HR rating, ie Target Field type parks before, and it just doesn't get it done. It takes 4 singles to score a run, vs. 1 HR to score a run. The defensive oriented parks are difficult to win in, and I find it often handicaps my teams batters more then it helps my pitchers.

My number one strategy is HR allowed vs. HR hit. That's how you score runs baby. Leading in 2b and BB doesn't hurt either, but you gotta start somewhere and thats HR.