WITH THREE MILLION IN SIGHT, STEINBRENNER WILL TALK TO BRONX

          Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner said he will consider
     staying in the Bronx if he can get a new ballpark, according
     to Madden, Fitz-Gibbon & Goldiner of the N.Y. DAILY NEWS. 
     Steinbrenner: "I promised [Bronx Borough President Fernando
     Ferrer] if we drew 3 million, I'd sit down with him.  Not to
     stay, not to leave, but to have discourse.  I promised that,
     and I'll live up to that.  But I still don't like him." 
     More Steinbrenner: "We're not talking about just a
     renovation.  The stadium needs to be totally rebuilt."  
     Going into yesterday, the Yankees needed to average 38,000
     for its remaining 26 home games to hit three million (N.Y.
     DAILY NEWS, 8/16).  The Yankees' four-game series with the
     Rangers drew 203,803, "the third-largest, four-date
     attendance in the 23-year history of the revamped Yankee
     Stadium."  The Yankees now have drawn 2,077,870 fans and are
     currently "on pace to draw 2.97 million" (N.Y. TIMES, 8/17).