HOT DATE: RED SOX ALREADY HAVE 40-50 POTENTIAL SUITORS

          The Red Sox are currently "the hottest property in the
     history of team sports" in the U.S., according to Will
     McDonough of the BOSTON GLOBE, who wrote that "approximately
     40-50 individuals and groups want to make bids on the
     controlling interest in the team," and "close to 50" have
     already contacted the Red Sox' law firm, Boston-based
     Bingham Dana & Gould.  McDonough: "All of these potential
     suitors have to be cleared individually by Major League
     Baseball before they are given any of the team's financial
     information, from which to make a bid in the future.  The
     Sox are guessing that about half of these will be eliminated
     by MLB, leaving them with a legitimate pool of contenders of
     about 25, which would be, by far, the most to attempt to buy
     any team, in any sport" (BOSTON GLOBE, 11/18).