CLAIMING OPERATING LOSSES, O'S UP TICKET PRICES

          The Orioles have raised ticket prices at Oriole Park at
     Camden Yards between $2 and $5 per ticket next season,
     according to Mark Maske of the WASHINGTON POST.  Orioles'
     Vice Chair/Business & Finance Joe Foss: "In order to
     continue to bring our fans the kind of team that they expect
     and deserve, we've found it necessary to increase ticket
     prices accordingly."  Maske notes the team's first ticket
     increase in two years "will be felt the most by fans in the
     best seats."  Tickets for club and field box will increase
     $5 each -- to $30.  Prices for left field club seats will be
     increased by $4 each, to $20, and prices for all other seats
     will go up $2.  Orioles execs said the team will post losses
     of $3-$6M this year (WASHINGTON POST, 12/19).