MCMORRIS SAYS COMMISSIONER SEARCH NEARING THE FINAL TURN

          Acting MLB Commissioner Bud Selig said yesterday that     "achieving Phase I of realignment doesn't mean he plans to     step down" from his post, according to Tom Haudricourt of     the MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL.  Selig made the formal     announcement that the Brewers will shift from the AL to the     NL for the '98 season, but said that the "latest development     would not prompt him to step aside any earlier than     originally planned."  Selig: "This doesn't change any of     that.  There is a commissioner search committee.  [Rockies     Chair] Jerry McMorris is the chairman.  He and I have been     spending a lot of time on it" (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL,     11/7).  McMorris told USA TODAY's Hal Bodley that he hopes     to have a commissioner recommendation for the Exec Council     by the end of this month.  McMorris said a list of 12     candidates a month ago is down to 5, including NL President     Len Coleman and Selig (USA TODAY, 11/7).