When his ops team was busy fixing the eBay server problem, they knew that the very survival of the company was on their backs.

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"From the beginning of development with Call of Duty: Black Ops II, the team has been pushing boundaries on every front to offer Call of Duty fans things that they haven't been able to do before, " said Mark Lamia, studio head of Treyarch.

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To find them, we looked at the regular season OPS and the salary of each starting active roster player on each playoff team, excluding pitchers.

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The higher the OPS relative to pay, the more bang for the buck the player provided his team.

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