ONLINE NEWS & NOTES: STARWAVE LOOKING TO GET ITS AT BAT?

          WA-based Starwave is reportedly "close" to announcing a
     deal making it "the provider" of MLB's official site on the
     World Wide Web, MLB@Bat, at www.majorleaguebaseball.com. 
     The deal would give Starwave "near-complete domination" of
     the major league's sites on the web (BRANDWEEK, 4/21). 
          MLB'S FORMS GAME PLAN: MLB is working on a plan that
     would allow live radio broadcasts on the Internet after "it
     angered" fans by asking teams last week to stop broadcasting
     games on the World Wide Web, according to Scott Newman of
     BLOOMBERG BUSINESS NEWS.  MLB's Michael Bernstine:  "As soon
     as we get all of the owners together, and get the contracts
     modified, all major league games will be available on the
     Internet.  Until then, we've asked all teams to stop airing"
     (BLOOMBERG BUSINESS NEWS/Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 4/22).