INTERLEAGUE PLAY SEES MILD JUMP FROM '99 ATTENDANCE

          Attendance for 125 MLB interleague games played from
     June 2-11 drew an average of 32,638 fans, a 2.7% increase
     over the "first segment" in '99, which drew 31,788 fans per
     game, according to Pete Coates of BLOOMBERG NEWS.
     Interleague games have drawn 16.1% more fans than
     intraleague games this season.  Meanwhile, the 615,377 fans
     who attended games on Saturday was the third highest one-day
     total in MLB history (BLOOMBERG NEWS, 6/12). 
          "NUTTY" SCHEDULE: ESPN's Peter Gammons called MLB's
     schedule "absolutely nutty."  Gammons: "Part of it, is
     because they really don't know what they're doing with
     realignment.  I think part of it is a little bit of a show.
     ... Part of it to is they're sacrificing the sanctity of the
     regular season and the pennant races for this in interleague
     play" ("Baseball Tonight," ESPN, 6/12).