MLB: With Monday night's season-low attendance of
5,200, the A's have drawn just 138,038 for 11 home games, an
average of 12,549 (OAKLAND TRIBUNE, 4/21)....While warming
up before last night's Orioles-Angels game at Edison Field,
Orioles 3B Cal Ripken walked through the stands and into the
ballpark's new luxury Diamond Club. Ripken: "I didn't know
what it was from down on the field. I was just trying to
understand the concept" (L.A. TIMES, 4/22)....Cubs Marketing
Dir John McDonough said the team has received positive
responses from fans regarding its "guest-conductor gigs" for
the seventh-inning stretch (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 4/22).
HOCKEY: The concept, design and sale of the Stars' new
green alternate jersey is featured in the DALLAS MORNING
NEWS. Lloyd Hames, coordinator of the NHL's alternate
jersey program, said of the six teams that introduced new
jerseys this season, the Stars' green jerseys rank No. 2 in
sales behind the Flyers (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 4/22)....The
IHL San Francisco Spiders franchise, which last played
during the '95-96 season, has its financing in place for a
new arena in Victoria, B.C. The team is expected to begin
play in the '99-2000 season (HOCKEY NEWS, 4/22 issue).
