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KG,

I took your advice, but I didn't apply it to my fictional association-- instead, I applied it to my Replay_1997 association where I'm managing the Marlins (hopefully, to the World Series). Five games into the replay, I assigned all of the parks for all of the teams as you suggested. This is what my lineup looks like now, and it looks "realistic" if you ask me. We're 60-games in and in first place by 2 games. The only slight deviation is that Sheffield has 20 home runs already and Devon White has 9 (compared to their all-of-'97 totals of 21 and 6, respectively). This is what we look like:



It's amazing what a difference the real parks make!

After reading an article KG sent me as well as a few other things I found, I decided to keep my regular lineup vs. Righties, but align the batters according to their OBP vs. Lefties (no reason for choosing pitcher throwing arms, it was just a way to have a 'quick' alternate setup). I just played my first game against a lefty pitcher and I must say....  WOW!
 
It could have just been a coincedence, but the team really gelled; the people who got on base easily did so, and those who hit well, hit... well.... well! Lots of RBIs and some very good offensive numbers. I'll see the next time we face a lefty-- if the results mirror those of this last game, I'm changing my entire lineup vs. Righty & Lefty pitching! If it doesn't work, then I'll just put a notch in the "offensive fluke" column and go about my business.
 
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