WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUE(R)S: TRIPOD LINKS WITH MLBPA SITE

          Lycos-owned Tripod, the MLBPA and THINK New Ideas (TNI)
     have signed a new agreement making the MLBPA's official Web
     site, www.Bigleaguers.com, part of Tripod's online sports
     community.  Tripod will assist in the building and
     management of online communities devoted to baseball, and
     both Tripod and Lycos will promote bigleaguers.com on their
     sites.  The site will be managed by TNI, but served within a
     Tripod frame on the Tripod network (TNI).  BLOOOMBERG's
     Jerry Crasnick reports that the move is the "latest step" in
     baseball's attempt to reach a wider audience via the
     Internet.  The MLBPA said that its players have invested
     "more than" $1M in their Web site since its launch during
     the '97 All-Star Game.  Although terms weren't disclosed,
     bigleaguers.com editor Chris Dahl said that the MLBPA,
     Tripod and TNI will share ad revenue under the new deal,
     which runs through March '99 (BLOOMBERG NEWS, 6/29).