HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SWING! REGGIE A POSSIBLE HALO PARTNER

          Reggie Jackson has met with Henry Nicholas III and
     Henry Samueli about possibly joining their bid for the
     Angels and the Mighty Ducks, according to Ross Newhan of the
     L.A. TIMES.  Jackson said he has met with both regarding his
     involvement, "conceivably as both an investor and front-
     office executive," if they are successful in buying the
     franchises.  Jackson was part of the Andy Dolich-led group
     which bid for the A's, but he said that he is "available to
     join the Nicholas-Sameuli group because he considered the
     A's purchase a dead issue" (L.A. TIMES, 9/24). 
          DEAL STATUS: In CA, Bonita Brewer reported that the
     Dolich group's deal for the A's "is all but dead."  Dolich
     partner Bob Piccinini: "When [MLB owners] did what they did
     last week, they took all the wind out of our sails in terms
     of momentum, and one only has to look at what's happened to
     attendance in the last four or five days to recognize that
     the general public [is mad]" (CONTRA COSTA TIMES, 9/23).