Do Extreme Ballparks Favor Vet Managers?

[steal third]

I got my butt kicked by the Vets in KC Benjamin tourney....but I am up for it Outta if you pull it together!

[Outta Leftfield]

[quote:c3ffde394e="steal third"]I got my butt kicked by the Vets in KC Benjamin tourney....but I am up for it Outta if you pull it together![/quote:c3ffde394e]

I'll be away for the next couple of days but will start a thread when I get back to see if there's interest in this them. Would the Murph be the right alternate park--seems more or less the exact opposite of Royals?

If anyone thinks they might want to sign up they could note it below.

[honestiago1]

Murph is almost diametrically opposed to Royals. Another possibility is four BP's, one rep pf each ball park in each division, Royals-Murph; Fenway-Tiger.

[Jablowmi]

A Murph/KC league.......hmmmm..........

[Outta Leftfield]

[quote:3d124d0c91="Jablowmi"]A Murph/KC league.......hmmmm..........[/quote:3d124d0c91]

There are a lot of theme leagues forming at the moment, so I think I'll put this idea on the back burner and roll it out a little later when there's less competition. :wink:

[UGLYJERRY]

If I can get some of my teams to end, I would be interested in something like that. Sykes might be interested if he could make sure he gets KC. :wink:

Ugly

[RickRanger]

I'm a vet. Been playing strat since the 60's. In these SN leagues, I started out immediately by going with small parks and drafting hitters with lots of BP(#) HR's and pitchers who don't give them up. It's still working for me in the 80's leagues -- I've won 6 championships in, I think, 11 or 12 tries. It also worked in ATG I -- I had great luck with the Polo Grounds. But it's not working too well in ATG 2 anymore. There are so many power hitters in ATG 2 that every team has it's share. I'm doing much better in ATG 2 at the other extreme -- Giffith stadium and line-drive hitters who can run and field and pitchers with low WHIP -- no biggie if they have BP # homers. Small ball seems to work best in ATG 2 right now.

[abnerdoubleday]

About 75% of my teams, in back to the 80's, are played in parks that are below neutral for base hits and right at neutral (9 or 10) for the long ball. I typically go for great defense, power and bargain pitching. Sometimes it works and sometimes I throw out a real stinker.

[Outta Leftfield]

I've only played one season of ATGII but I agree that it's easier to go the pitching route in that game. Whereas Clemens is arguably the only consistently dominant *SP in the 80's, there are plenty of them in ATGII. So it's a lot easier to dominate with pitching in ATGII.

And I've been wondering, Abner, why it is you favor the neutral parks. Does it give a bit of protection to your cheap SPs?

[abnerdoubleday]

OL you are correct. I primarily choose the neutral long ball parks and pitchers parks for hits to protect the bargain pitching I go with. I don't put as much emphasis on OBP guys as the good managers (which is why I have more than my share of stinker teams), so it usually does not impact my offense much to go with the pitchers based singles parks and the 9-10 HR effect is fine for the type of power guys I try to get.