Here are the NL standings:
The Phillies are on top, with the Dodgers and Braves fighting for second place and a spot in the Temple Cup Finals. (You remember the Temple Cup, right? I used it in my other dynasty.) The Cubs are hot, winning ten straight, and
OHMYGODKILLITWITHFIRE!
The real '99 Spiders had a 20-134 record for a .130 winning percentage. In this sim, they're...EXACTLY THE SAME!
Good lord, Cleveland is awful: last in batting, pitching and fielding. But they're about to get a break: in real life (except for a brief home stand in late August), the Spiders stopped playing home games after July 3. But since I'm too lazy to manually alter the schedule, we'll let them play half of their games in Cleveland for the rest of the season. ("Gee, thanks, mister!" say the Cleveland fans.)
Meanwhile, back in the west:
The WL has a playoff series, too: the Dauvray Cup (which in real life pre-dated the Temple Cup, being awarded from 1887-93). Like the Temple Cup, it will pit the top two teams in bast-of-seven.