| BWB Power IndexIn an attempt to give you one more thing to 
                look at - one more tool to analyze your team - one more way to 
                waste your time - we present the BWB Power Index.  Your team stats are ranked in many 
                categories, and given a percentile rank score within each 
                category compare to all teams in Benchwarmer Baseball.  
                Then we total them all up - giving roughly 1/4 your score weighted on 
                the various win-loss categories (the things that really count) 
                and then 1/4 each from your hitting, starting pitching, and 
                bullpen stats.   The main total 
                page lists "Rank" - where you stand overall in your league - and 
                "BWB Rank" - how you stack up against all teams in BWB.  
                Additionally, teams are ranked within their Federations and 
				Associations, which may be used for determining entrants and 
				seeding in the Benchwarmer Bash.
				See the breakdown of 
				Federations and Associations on the Leagues page.   
				Otherwise, all other columns marked "Rank" are the percentile ranking of 
                the statistic in the preceding column.  These are compared 
                against all of BWB - so a percentile ranking of 100 means you 
                have the top score for that stat compared against 80 teams.  
                0 means you've got the lowest.  50 means you're in 
                middle...50% of teams scored higher than you, 50% lower.   
                
                There were some slight modifications 
                to the calculations in 2009.  Within the Wins and 
                Losses category, the actual wins are weighted slightly 
                higher than the other categories.  And overall, the three 
                stat categories - batting, starting pitching, and bullpen, are 
                weighted higher than the Wins-Losses rank (since that's a 
                bit more dependent on the league you're in). 
                  
                  
                    
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