The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

     Here's a fun fact to open this weeks rankings...  Did you know Kyle has scored 13 or more every single day this year?  Only five teams are left without having a negative day.

     Alright, let's get to the graphs...

     This week's fun graph is one that depicts the wins above or below .500 along with the division leader.  In the American League, Rob has basically led the division from the start of the years with exception of a tiny blip on the fourth day where Big Shon had the lead before falling into obscurity.  Jordan has pretty much paralleled Rob and even tied him in record a week ago while the rest of the division has pretty much traded wins for losses of late.  Though Jeff has been on a bit of a losing streak, he's been streaking up and down most of the year, so whatever that means...

     As for the NL, it has pretty much been Brad #1 and Jon #2 the entire time with occasions that Jon matches Brad's record.  Andy was keeping up for the first ten days, but has dropped 13 out of 14 and is running himself out of the playoff race.  Speaking of which, Chad's team is starting to rebound and as a result has pulled 3 spots ahead in the final playoff spot.  It appears just going .500 from here on out would be enough to hold.  Jason is even in a small depression right now, but even so still has been hanging around even the entire year.  In fact he has never been 3 games above or below the break even point this year.

     That post above reminds me...  How is Rob winning 75% of his games but still the 2nd lowest scorer in the division.  5th lowest in the league...  Let's find out...  First and foremost, he's had a lot of low scores against him.  Unlike Andy who's facing teams that average a little over 50 a day against him, Rob is facing teams that are scoring a puny 27.125 a day.  That makes for a considerably easier path to win.  Second, when he wins, he wins by a little.  Five wins by less than 10 points (A homerun).   Third when he loses it's been crushing defeats  4 times and the other two were still greater than 10 points.  Compare that with John Bierkamp and Kyle that have both lost six times by less than 10 (Albeit that Kyle also won 5 times by less than 10, John only once).

     But the law of averages will eventually catch up (one would assume) and with that said, a collapse as we approach the post season may occur.  That being said, he's built up a 6 game lead from the playoff line, so he's sitting very safe right now.