'Shadow of Dynasty'--Myth's 3rd season.

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(After 44 games---Myth has played 41)

At Bats: 146
Hits: 57 (Tied for 4th in league)
Doubles: 11 (Tied for 15th)
Triples: 8 (Leads league)
Homeruns: 13 (2nd in league)

Batting ave: .390 (2nd in league)
Extra base hits: 32 (Leads league)
Total bases: 123 (Leads league)
Slugging%: .842 (Leads league)

Walks: 33 (2nd in league) Intentional walks: 13 (Leads league)
On base%: .503 (Leads league)
OPS: 1.345 (Leads league)

K's: 11

Rbi: 32 (Tied for 6th in league)
Runs: 36 (Leads league)
Stolen bases: 19 in 19 attempts (2nd in league)

OPS+: 257

National central standings:
Cards= 27/17
Reds= 23/20
Houston= 21/23
Cubs= 20/24
Pirates= 20/24
Brewers= 16/28

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After 50 games (Myth has played 41)

At Bats: 146
Hits: 57 (Tied for 13th in league)
Doubles: 11 (Tied for 25th in league)
Triples: 8 (Leads league)
Homeruns: 13 (Tied for 3rd)

Batting average: .390 (Leads league)
Extra base hits: 32 (Leads league)
Total bases: 123 (Leads league)
Slugging%: .842 (Leads league)

Walks: 33 (Tied for 3rd)
On/base%: .503 (leads league)
OPS: 1.345 (Leads league)

K's: 11

RBI: 32 (Tied for 10th)
Runs: 36 (Tied for 4th)
Stolen bases: 19 in 19 attempts (2nd)

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After 57 games (Myth has played 41)

At Bats: 146
Hits: 57 (Tied for 24th in league)
Doubles: 11 (Tied for 36th in league)
Triples: 8 (Leads league)
Homeruns: 13 (Tied for 5th)

Batting avearge: .390 (Leads league)
Extra base hits: 32 (2nd)
Total bases: 123 (3rd)
Slugging%: .842 (Leads league)

Walks: 33 (6th in league)
On/base%: .503 (Leads league)
OPS: 1.345 (Leads league)
Note: 13 Intential walks (Leads league)

K's: 11

RbI: 32 (Tied for 21st)
Runs: 36 (Tied for 10th)
Stolen bases: 19 in 19 attempts (2nd)

OPS+: 252 (Leads league)

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National league standings: at allstar break....

1. Pittsburg--48/37
2. Cards--48/38
3. Reds-- 46/39
4. Cubs--38/47
4. Brewers--38/47
5. Astros--33/53

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(After 117 games) (Myth's played 48)

At Bats: 173
Hits: 68 (Tied for 98th in league)
Doubles: 14 (Tied for 90th)
Triples: 8 (Tied for 4th)
Home runs: 18 (Tied for 20th)

Batting ave: .393 (Not enough plate appearences to qualify)
Extra base hits: 40 (Tied for 37th)
Total bases: 152 (Tied for 59th in league)
Slugging%: .879(***)

Walks: 41 (Tied for 35th in league) Intentional walks: 17 (Leads league)
On/base%: ,507
OPS: 1.386

K's: 12

RBI: 39 (66th in league)
Runs: 47 (Tied for 57th in league)
Stolen bases: 21 in 22 attepts(12th in league)

Note: At one point, Myth had 38 consective stolen bases without getting caught: this is tied for the 5th longest in baseball history)

NL central Standing:

Cinci--68/49
St. lou--66/51
Pittsburg--64/53
Cubbies--53/63
Brewers--50/60
Astros--39/80

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(After123 games---Myth's played 55)

At Bats: 197
Hits: 79 (Tied for 86th in league)
Doubles: 16 (Tied for 78th in league)
Triples: 9 (Tied for 4th)
HR's: 21 (Tied for 14th in league)

Batting ave: .401
Extra Base hits: 46 (Tied for 25th)
Total bases: 176 (50th in league)
Slugging%: .893

Walks: 45 (tied for 26th in league) Int---20 (Leads league)
On/base%: .510
OPS: 1.403

K's: 13

RBI: 50 (52nd in league)
Runs: 52 (Tied for 53rd)
Stolen bases: 25 in 26 attempts (Tied for 10th)

OPS+= 264

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Season 2012--final stats
(Myth played in 94 games)

At Bats: 350
Hits: 133 (Tied for 53rd in league)
Doubles: 27 (Tied for 49th)
Triples: 16 (Leads league)
Home runs: 35 (3rd in league)

Batting average: .380
Extra base hits: 78 (2nd)
Total bases: 297 (7th)
Slugging%: .849

Walks: 76 (5th) Intentional: 35 (Lead league)
On/base%: .488
OPS: 1.337

K's: 22

Rbi: 82 (Tied for 27th)
Runs: 94 (8th)
Stolen bases: 35 in 40 attempts

OPS+= 248

Other Stats:

GDP's= 7
Hit by pitch= 1
Reached on error=3
Sac hits=0
Sac/flys=3

power/speed number=35
Runs created(Stolen base version)= 141

I'll give a bit of a review and season run down sunday or monday.
The fictional cubbies didn't make the playoffs: they didn't even get to .500. Myth will have a long winter learning what it feels like not to play mid-october for the 1st time.

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Opps! Forgot about Sunday or monday....

In any case; here's the final National central standings:

Reds--91/71
Cards--90/72
Brews-- 80/82
Pitt-- 78/84
Cubbies--77/85
'Stros--53/109

It would have been a exciting finish for the Cards and reds.
The final places on the teams didn't vary at all, surprising me a bit.

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Commentary on Ezekiel Myth's 2012 stats:

16 triples in 94 games
I don't know what happened with this, frankly. Clearly my system of stat-generation needs some tweaking.

Just 41 non-intentional walks.
I don't get this one, either. But it's actually a 2-season shift in Myth's stats. Note:

Zeke Myth's % of non-intentional walks per plate appeance
2010: .251
2011: .112
2012: .105

35 stolen bases.
This isn't a poor total. Even in a bob-tailed season, Myth still puts in a 30/30 season.
But the irony of Myth's being so certain he was set for a big season therein is kinda stark. On top of that; it was his poorest sucess rate. In one 4 game stretch; he was thowrn out 3 times.

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Cubbies pitching stats: starters

Smoke: Innings--(251) W/L--(17/12) Saves--(--) ERA--(3.16)
Piper: Innings--(220) W/L--(13/16) Saves--(--) ERA-- (4.46)
Ryder: Innings--(175.1) W/L--(14/3) saves-(2) ERA-(2.87)
Vogohorn: Innings--(205.1) W/L--13-11) saves-(--) ERA-(3.94)

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Spot-starting/long relief:

T.wink: Innings--(142.2) W/L--(6/6) Saves--(--) ERA--(4.23)
Jhrzai: Innings--(109.1) W/L--(4/10) Saves--(--) ERA--(5.02)

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Middle relief:

Oaks: Innings--(72.1) W/L--(2/6) Saves--(4) ERA--(4.48)
Little S: Innings--(71) W/L--(2/6) Saves--(3) ERA--(6.46)
Vegas: Innings--(72.1) W/L--(2/1) Saves--(3) ERA--(3.48)

Closers:
Smore: Innings--(60) W/L--(2/3) Saves--(23) ERA--(5.1)
Cloxs: Innings--( 43.2) W/L--(2/8) Saves--(8) ERA--(9.27)
Khode: Innings--(40.2) W/L--(0/3) Saves--(4) ERA--(4.2)

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Overview of the cubs 2012 season....

A quck couple numbers that cut to the chase on how the cubs stumbled:

2011 cubs..... 754 runs scored/746 runs allowed=90 wins.
2012 cubs......699 runs scored/736 runs aloowed=77 wins.

Despite some depressing numbers by some, the overall pitching was actually not that bad.
The offense dropped enough to turn things downward.

Zeke missed 68 games, Shaw missed 40. Judging from the 'below expected RBI totals of both of them, something nust have happened to Sushi's get-on-base ability. The #2 hitter most of the season, Lemonkrump, was a waste of dugout space(he was released in early September, after a confrontion with Shaw). Bon-Bon did crank out 32 HR's; Shaw had 31. So they had 3, 30+ long ball hitters.....and probably not much else.

This team has work ahead for next year.

It's also Zeke's 4th season in the majors.
Time for arbitration....