But among the 105 teams that have won the Fall Classic, some were just barely above average performers in the regular season that benefitted from a well-timed hot streak, playing in a weak division or an opponent's collapse.
But for Garrison Keillor fans, the whole experience might just be above-average.
Saying that any phone takes acceptable photos outside in the daylight should be a forgone conclusion at this point, but Sammy's shooter is just a bit above average.
The latest figures show for the three months from June to August , the estimated unemployment rate for 18-24 year olds in Northern Ireland is 21%, which is just above the UK average.
It had 45 pupils taking the tests this May - the national average - with 22.2% of those having special needs, just slightly above the national average.
So with a lot of these stocks now, are trading just above or the market just above the 200-day moving average.
By comparison, about 63 percent have exceeded earnings forecasts, just above the long-term average.
As discussed earlier, the weekly RSI formed a second bearish divergence and just barely moved above its weighted moving average.
Weekly on-balance volume (OBV) has just moved above its declining weighted moving average (WMA) and has initial support at line d.
As I have mentioned in this space during the past couple of weeks, the VIX is trading at a critical level--just above its 80-week moving average and around the highs of 2007-2008.
On a big up day like we had today, you would expect volume to be well, well, well above average, not just like 8% on the Nasdaq and then flat on the NYSE.
The daily chart for the Dow is overbought with the index just above its 50-day simple moving average (SMA) at 13, 146.73.
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The Dow ended Friday just above its 200-day simple moving average (SMA) at 12993, but just below its five-week modified moving average (MMA) at 13, 050.
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When I said that not everyone can be above average, it was only just true.
It has a trailing 12-month ROE of 29.1%, which is above its peer group average of just 16.9%.
Bullish sentiment is just slightly above one standard deviation from the historical average and bearish sentiment is within one standard deviation.
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The weekly on-balance volume (OBV) made its high in February but formed a lower high in May (point 2), just barely making it above its flat weighted moving average (WMA).
The Dow Industrial Average failed to follow with highs just above 12, 750 on July 7 and July 21.
On the technical front, CSTR appears poised to open roughly 7.5% lower this morning, placing the shares just above potential support at their 200-day moving average.
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Specifically, the months of May, June, July, September and October have shown trends of increasing sea ice that are just slightly above the mean year-to-year average, the Center said on their website.
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Weekly OBV is just slightly below its weighted moving average and holding well above its uptrend, line c.
Heading into trading on Wednesday, DE has finished higher for the past two sessions, and is trading just outside of overbought territory above the 200-day moving average.
Wednesday's data encouraged a further rally on stock markets that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average rise 0.75%, taking it just above the 14, 000 mark once again.
When looking at the weekly chart for the Dow Industrial Average you observe that the Dow ended last week just above its five-week MMA at 12, 974 with the 12x3x3 weekly slow stochastic reading declining below 80 at 78.24.
Its closely watched three-month moving average is now at -0.4, just fractionally above the -0.7 level that has marked the beginning of all seven recessions that have taken place since 1970.
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Its unemployment rate is about 8% just below the national average and the city's household income is slightly above average.
This is just the second time in the past eight months that equity allocations have been above their historical average of 60%.
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This is just the fourth time in the past 24 weeks that bearish sentiment has been above its historical average of 30%.
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It is also just the second time in the past 22 weeks that neutral sentiment has been above its historical average of 31%.
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