MLB COMES TO TERMS WITH THREE AS OFFICIAL UNIFORM SUPPLIERS

          MLB has inked Majestic and Rawlings, along with
     "incumbent" uniform licensee Russell, as its on-field
     uniform suppliers for the next three years, according to
     Terry Lefton of BRANDWEEK.  MLB Senior VP/Domestic & Int'l
     Properties Tim Brosnan said that each company will pay a
     "marketing fee" for "on-uniform branding."  Lefton writes
     that Russell will get the rights to 15 teams, Rawlings --
     which "returns to uni's after a long absence" -- will get
     seven and Majestic will get eight.  A "deal to replace
     defunct" Starter as MLB's on-field jacket supplier "has not
     been completed," but sources say that Majestic has the
     "inside track."  Additionally, footwear companies Nike and
     adidas were "courted," but both passed (BRANDWEEK, 8/23).