FRANCHISE NOTES

          Paid attendance at the rescheduled Blue Jays-White Sox
     game yesterday at Comiskey Park was 746.  The gate take was
     $3,730 as fans could buy tickets for $5.  ESPN's Charley
     Steiner: "The White Sox payroll for the 25-man roster today
     is more than $335,000 -- for the day.  On payroll alone,
     Reinsdorf lost more than $330,000.  By any stretch, that's a
     tough day at the office" ("SportsCenter," ESPN, 4/9)....The
     Red Sox will distribute commemorative Jackie Robinson
     baseballs after their home opener, not before (Providence
     JOURNAL-BULLETIN, 4/10)....In New Orleans, over 5,000 new
     season-ticket orders have been placed since Mike Ditka was
     named the Saints new head coach (SI, 4/14 issue).