AS IRABU GOES FOR WIN NO. 2, T-SHIRT FRACAS CONTINUES

          The "Typhoon Irabu" t-shirts sold outside Yankee
     Stadium during Hideki Irabu's debut last Thursday "were
     unlicensed by baseball and could be confiscated today,"
     sources told Steve Zipay of NEWSDAY.  Pro Player Inc. has
     reportedly sold $200,000 worth of t-shirts bearing Irabu's
     likeness in Modell's stores and in Japan over four days. 
     But Pro Player and Starter "are still prohibited" from
     selling Irabu product items at Yankee Stadium because of a
     "dispute" with the Yankees and the MLBPA (NEWSDAY, 7/15).
          BONUS BABY: NEWSDAY's Zipay adds that if the Yankees
     average 10,000 more fans every time Irabu pitches at home
     this season, they "will generate more than $2.7 million in
     extra ticket, concession and parking revenues from about
     nine dates."  Zipay estimates that Irabu's debut gave the
     Yankees $676,000 in extra ticket and concession sales and
     $15,000 from parking.  Zipay: "Not a bad return on
     investment for a fifth starter, eh?" (NEWSDAY, 7/15).