GEORGE MITCHELL TAKES MOUND, PITCHES FOR NEW FENWAY

          Former U.S. Senator George Mitchell yesterday endorsed
     public funding for a new Fenway Park, which is estimated to
     cost $600M, according to Macero & Bartolotta of the BOSTON
     HERALD.  Mitchell "made a private pitch to top" execs of the
     Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Exec Committee, during
     which Red Sox CEO John Harrington said that the team's
     "financial strategy will be made public in 'late March' or
     early spring."  Sources say that Red Sox officials have told
     members of a legislative committee that the team "has less
     than" $300M "to contribute to the project," and would
     "likely need between" $250-300M in public aid "to make the
     project work" (BOSTON HERALD, 3/10).  Also in Boston, Meg
     Vaillancourt notes that Mitchell, who is a member of a
     special committee studying MLB's economics, "urged" business
     leaders to support a new Fenway (BOSTON GLOBE, 3/10).