MN GOV. ASKS MLB OWNERS TO DELAY TWINS MOVE TO NC

          MN Gov. Arne Carlson asked MLB owners Thursday to delay
     action on moving the Twins until the state has time to "work
     out a long-term solution to keep baseball" in MN, according
     to Robert Whereatt of the Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE.  Carlson
     "didn't give any indication of what the solution might be,"
     but in a letter to Acting Commissioner Bud Selig, he said it
     "may take a year or more."  The letter came a day after the
     collapse of another stadium-financing proposal (Minneapolis
     STAR TRIBUNE, 2/20).  Bernie Omann, Carlson's Chief of
     Staff, said that Carlson also planned to urge Twins Owner
     Carl Pohlad "to call off, or postpone, the sale of the team"
     to NC businessman Don Beaver (ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, 2/20).
          URBAN ROCKS: In NC, Acting MLB Commissioner Bud Selig
     was asked whether the Twins should move to Charlotte or the
     Triad area if they leave Minneapolis: "I can't comment.  I
     really don't know the areas well enough. ... [But] I love
     urban ballparks" (Greensboro NEWS & RECORD, 2/19).