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This is the last of my three timelines covering specific baseball strike years to be played to completion in the Pythagorean universe.

Regular season play will begin, or continue to be more precise, on August 12 and end when the pennant races are completed, since there was still no CBA in place in the fall of 1994. There will also be a full postseason, since the real-life postseason was canceled.

I have one more day to do in my 1981 thread (small spoiler), so updates will begin in this thread on Tuesday (August 29). As was the case in 1981, the National League will be decided first, followed by the American League.

We have at least one new contributor: Anthony, who was inspired by the first version of this thread on The 506 to start the All Time Sports board. I've let him know about this project, but he hasn't answered me yet about allowing me to use his sims. I've checked the board rules, and they say that I can use other people's work as long as I give them credit, which I fully intend to do; I don't need their specific permission. If I'm in error here, mods, please tell me. Anthony's only online sporadically, so if I need his specific written permission, it could take quite a while. He handles the games taking place in NL East parks, while I do the NL Central and Joe Ray handles the NL West.

One major change on the broadcasting side: I'm running The Baseball Network NFL-style, with NBC as the network for the National League and ABC as the network for the American League. All announcers will be network employees, not one guy from each team put together haphazardly. ABC has the World Series, as they were supposed to in real life. There will also be ESPN games, of course.

Now, here are the standings for the National League to the moment. Numbers in parentheses indicate the difference between a team's real-life record and its Pythagorean record:

National League East:

Expos: 70-44 (-4)
Braves: 67-47- 3 GB (-1)
Phillies: 60-55- 10.5 GB (+6)
Mets: 54-59- 15.5 GB (-1)
Marlins: 47-68- 23.5 GB (-4)

National League Central:

Reds: 68-46 (+2)
Astros: 67-48- 1.5 GB (+1)
Cubs: 52-61- 15.5 GB (+3)
Cardinals: 49-65- 19 GB (-4)
Pirates: 46-68- 22 GB (-7)

National League West:

1. Dodgers: 59-55 (+1)
2. Giants: 58-57- 1.5 GB (+3)
3. (tie) Rockies: 53-64- 7.5 GB (0)
(tie) Padres: 53-64- 7.5 GB (+6)

National League Wild Card (only teams over .500 listed):

Braves: 67-47
Astros: 67-48- .5 GB
Phillies: 60-55- 7.5 GB
Giants: 58-57- 9.5 GB

Next: We begin with the first edition of Baseball Night in America on Friday, August 12.

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