FULL COUNT FOR EXPOS? MLB HAS YET TO SET DEADLINE FOR PLAN

          While several potential U.S. ownership groups keep a
     watchful eye on the Expos' situation, MLB "has not set a
     deadline to present a workable plan to keep the franchise in
     Montreal," according to Stan Olson of the CHARLOTTE
     OBSERVER, who wrote that "there is a sense that time is
     running out after three deadlines have been missed."  MLB
     Dir of PR Richard Levin: "There's no timetable for the
     Expos.  But I would think it needs to be sooner rather than
     later."  Meanwhile, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig "appears
     intrigued by the possibilities" of the team relocating to
     Charlotte, where the Hornets and Panthers "have prospered." 
     Selig, in a statement released last Friday: "We are very
     positive on the Charlotte market, but it is not appropriate
     at this time to comment on it."  Charlotte Regional Baseball
     Partnership Chair Johnny Harris has said that there has been
     "interest" in Charlotte from more than one team, the other
     "believed to be" the Twins, and sources report that Bank of
     America "is involved in the effort to bring" a team to the
     city (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 7/3).  Olson, on talk of the Expos
     moving to Charlotte: "Yeah, I know we've heard it all
     before.  But this time it smells different.  This time,
     something's going on. ... The Expos appear ripe for the
     picking" (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 7/4).  In Montreal, Bob
     Elliott floated Charlotte as the "most likely" destination
     for the Expos, should they relocate (TORONTO SUN, 7/5).