APRIL FOOL'S! GIANTS TO MOVE BACK PAC BELL OPENER

          The MLB Giants, who have "long touted" April 1, 2000,
     as the opening day for their new Pac Bell Park, will
     actually play their home opener on April 11, according to
     Henry Schulman of the S.F. CHRONICLE.  Giants COO Larry Baer
     said that Pac Bell "will be finished" by April 1, but the
     team wants an "extra 10 days before" it plays a regular-
     season game there "to make sure all the amenities are in
     place."  Baer: "Like anybody opening a great restaurant, we
     want to take every precaution to make everything perfect."
     Yesterday marked the first day season tickets for the new
     park officially went on sale for those who didn't buy
     charter seat licenses.  Baer said that 1,500 season tickets
     had been sold as of last night for a total 20,500, toward an
     "ultimate" goal of 28,000 (S.F. CHRONICLE, 4/14).