PUT COSTANZA ON IT: BIG STEIN WANTS MORE PEOPLE IN THE SEATS

          Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner said yesterday that he
     was disappointed in the small crowd at Yankee Stadium Tuesday
     night when the team played the Royals, according to the N.Y.
     TIMES.  In a statement, Steinbrenner noted that the Yankees
     came home "in the midst of one of the best starts in club
     history to the smallest crowd of the season," 16,606, and
     added, "It's hard to come to any conclusion other than the
     fact that we have an outmoded stadium in a location that
     people don't want to go see a game."  Last night's game
     against the Rangers drew 23,142, still below the team's
     season average of 29,161, sixth in the AL (N.Y. TIMES, 5/14). 
     Steinbrenner: "I understand the weather has been bad, but we
     certainly should draw good crowds with Texas this weekend and
     Baltimore next week" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 5/14).