THE NEW ROYALS SUBJECTS: PRENTICE OWNERSHIP GROUP GETS OK

          Miles Prentice "finally got the nod" to buy the Royals
     on Friday, although the sale must still be approved by MLB's
     ownership committee, according to Charles Crumpley of the
     K.C. STAR.  Royals President Michael Herman called
     Prentice's $75M bid "the most straightforward" of the bids
     for the team and "assures (us) of keeping baseball here" in
     K.C.  Crumpley wrote that the $75M paid for the team and
     $50M previously raised in the community, which is now held
     by the Greater K.C. Community Foundation, "will flow to
     charities."  Prentice's ownership group is composed of 75%
     local money and consists of 16 new local investors.  It does
     not include Royals VP/Baseball Operations George Brett, but
     Prentice said that he was hoping "some sort" of relationship
     with Brett could be worked out (K.C. STAR, 11/13).  
          SALE NOTES: The K.C. STAR listed the 23 known investors
     in Prentice's group in Saturday's edition 11/14)....The
     team's payroll for the '99 season "will not exceed about"
     $25M (Dick Kaegel, K.C. STAR, 11/13).