WITH DEADLINE OFF, DON HAS REASON TO BE SMILEYING TODAY

          Marlins President Don Smiley "is no longer working
     under a deadline" to buy the club from Owner Wayne Huizenga,
     according to Barry Jackson of the MIAMI HERALD.  Smiley "is
     still short" of Huizenga's $165M asking price, and a source
     told Jackson that the deal "might not be completed for a few
     weeks."  But one "top-level" Huizenga official said that
     Huizenga is "now inclined" to sell to Smiley "even if he
     does not meet the asking price."  A representative for NY
     businessman James Capra, whose daughter works in the
     Marlins' communications department, said yesterday that
     Capra "is seriously considering" joining Smiley's bid group,
     and "might invest in the $10[M] range" (MIAMI HERALD, 7/29).
          BACARDI'S SUNRISE PARK? In Ft. Lauderdale, Alan Snel
     reports that a Bacardi spokesperson said "there's no truth
     to the rumor" that the company is interested in a naming
     rights deal to help finance Marlins bidder/agent Joe Cubas'
     stadium plan (Ft. Lauderdale SUN SENTINEL, 7/29).