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Playing in Dunn with 3/4 parks in league and all in division non hr parks.

Boggs/Cash or

Ripper Collins/ Oquendo 3b (bad defence)

I'm a fan of left-oriented Yankee 56. IMHO, switch-hitters generally are bad news in Dunn and Y56.

The advantage of playing there is you can stock up on lefties and have a natural advantage over almost any opponent coming into your park, since they will invariably rely on at least four and usually five or more right-handed hitters.

Meanwhile, I don't want a switch-hitter who gets turned into a rightie himself and cedes the advantage. Ideally, you want lefties that can hit left-handed pitching. The perfect player for these two stadiums may well be Duke Snider.

I would vote for Cash/Boggs. Ripper in particular goes a little limp anyway with a leftie on the hill, and loses the park advantage to boot.

It really depends on the rest of your lineup and opposition SPs. Ripper is OK in Dunn, but Oquendo is a waste. Boggs and Cash are OK, but if that gives you 7 LHs and the division has 6 LH SPs including Lolich and Kaat, then reconsider.

A link would help.

FWIIW, sschu