The Dodgers have closed their executive dining room,
which will save the club about $200,000 a year. Dodgers
President Bob Graziano said the move "was done to create
camaraderie among employees and management" (ORANGE COUNTY
REGISTER, 5/13)....D'Backs Managing General Partner Jerry
Colangelo is interviewed in a Q&A in the ARIZONA REPUBLIC.
Colangelo, on his observations on the team's inaugural
season: "Everyone in the organization would like to have
gotten off to a better start and it is disappointing, but we
have to realize that we're involved in a long-term situation.
... All I can say to the fans is don't lose confidence in us,
because we will eventually turn this thing around" (ARIZONA
REPUBLIC, 5/14)....In Miami, Edwin Pope, on the Marlins'
demand for a new ballpark: "The Marlins have given ample
notice of what the franchise requires to survive. There's
time enough. If South Florida is worth its saltwater, it
will prove it has enough honest leaders to save big-league
baseball here" (MIAMI HERALD, 5/14)....The Mets-Padres
rainout on Tuesday was the first in San Diego since April 20,
1983 (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 5/14).
