KANSAS CITY, HERE I COME! PRENTICE/ROYALS CLOSER TO DEAL?

          Miles Prentice, who's been "working for months to buy"
     the Royals, has "signed up the local investors he needs to
     close the deal," according to Charles Crumpley of the K.C.
     STAR.  Sources said that Prentice's group "easily exceeds"
     the 50% local-money threshold required by Royals directors. 
     The directors "could meet soon, possibly today" to decide
     whether to sell the team to Prentice's group.  Other
     sources, however, said that negotiations "hit a potentially
     serious snag" over the issue of stadium improvements at
     Kauffman Stadium, as sources said that Prentice wants about
     $70M worth of upgrades, which is "along the lines of what
     the Royals outlined this year and beyond" the $11M project
     already underway.  But one source said, "I don't see this
     deal (falling apart) because of that" (K.C. STAR, 11/13).