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My strategy for playing a Bomber Park (I assume you mean this as opposed to Hitting Park--Forbes57 is a Hitter's Park too) simplified is this:
Spend on Offense( I do make sure I have at least one "1" at SS or 2b, along with a "1" in CF)
Spend on a Deep, Strong Pen
DON'T Spend a lot on SP
In short: I want an Offense that won't let up, and I want my best pitchers pitching at the END of the game, when the other guy's SP has been chased and my Offense is lighting up his bullpen.
In the old days of Strat, with a small player pool, the DRAFT "trimmed the field", so to speak. In other words, if I got the Bomber guys I wanted in the draft, not only did I get the guys I needed, NO ONE ELSE GOT THEM, so I didn't have to FACE them , because the pool was shallow. With our current huge player pool, I feel that trimming the amount of players who will be successful in your park is even more important, since we now have a very deep player pool. So my advice for Bomber Parks in the current Strat iteration, find a way to trim the field. For example, POLO41 trims the field somewhat, rewarding Walks and Home Runs, while cutting Singles, making HR hitters with OBP (through Walks) more successful. (Lefty and Righty Parks, by their very nature, trim the field.) I want to curtail the strengths of other teams by picking a park that limits them in some way, while playing to my team's strengths.
I have seen guys play Bomber Parks with strong SPs, but that has never worked for me.
gkhd11a employs a different kind of strategy for Fenway67, more of a smallball type strategy that works for him (my description oversimplifies his strategy)