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          In Milwaukee, Tom Silverstein writes that the Packers
     are "ready to pull out" the SportGrass playing surface at
     Lambeau Field "and replace it with natural grass" if the
     "slipping problem that plagued the team during its
     intrasquad scrimmage ... persists" (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL
     SENTINEL, 8/11)....Hamilton County (OH) retained
     PriceWaterhouseCoopers for $10,000 to help the county
     negotiate contracts for the Reds new ballpark with
     construction manager HOK+LOBB and architect Huber Hunt &
     Nichols (CINCINNATI POST, 8/11)....In Seattle, Blaine
     Newnham wrote that Safeco Field's roof has been closed for
     five of the facility's 19 games, but "only once ... did it
     need to be closed and kept that way."  But the Mariners
     "don't want movement of the roof to affect" play, so the
     team's policy is "to close the roof under threat of rain,
     and keep it closed no matter what."  Mariners Assistant GM
     Lee Pelekoudas: "We want to stay as constant as we can." 
     But Newnham wrote, "The fans deserve better.  If they can't
     have winning baseball, they ought to at least have outdoor
     baseball" (SEATTLE TIMES, 8/10)....The East TN St. Univ.
     (ETSU) athletic department is "offering the naming" rights
     to its "mini-dome" for $5M.  ETSU AD Frank Pergolizzi: "If
     someone donates $5 million for the dome, that would take
     care of the endowment level we are trying to reach."  Other
     ETSU facilities, including locker rooms and offices, are
     "available for smaller sums" (Kingsport TIMES-NEWS, 8/10).  
     

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