ESPN's Peter Gammons reported that this past weekend's
Giants-Padres series was the biggest three-game series in
Padres history, drawing about 155,000 fans to Qualcomm
Stadium. Gammons, on the Padres: "No organization in
baseball does more for its community [and has] worked harder
to get a ballpark" ("Baseball Tonight," ESPN, 6/14).
WAYNE'S WORLD: In Miami, Greg Cote wrote that Marlins
Owner Wayne Huizenga "should lower his price" on the team to
$125M: "Huizenga owes fans a token of reparation for what is
left of the Marlins" (MIAMI HERALD, 6/13)....In Baltimore, a
SUN editorial on Orioles Owner Peter Angelos: "Opinionated.
Sincere. Honest. Like him or not ... he's devoid of
hyperbole. A throwback, in a way, to a long-lost era when
men of conviction were among us who didn't mind standing up
to take positions that might be unpopular with the masses"
(Baltimore SUN, 6/14)....The Yankees offered fans in
attendance at Sunday's game against the Indians free tickets
to one of three September games, as the game was played in
the rain in front of 42,949 (THE DAILY)....In Boston, Adrian
Walker reported that the dispute between the Red Sox and a
former employee who says he was the victim of racial
harassment "has reached the bargaining table, but it seems
unlikely to go further any time soon" (BOSTON GLOBE, 6/14).
...Documents filed with the SEC for the Indians IPO show
that former AL President Bobby Brown; McDonald & Co.
Investments CEO William Summers Jr.; and Edward Ptaszek Jr.,
a partner in the law firm Baker & Hostetler, will join the
team's board of directors (Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, 6/13).
