TWINS BIDDING HEATING UP? ONE REPORT HAS CHARLOTTE IN MIX

          If the Twins are not sold to local interests by
     September 14, "look for" team Owner Carl Pohlad to announce
     a "financing deal" with NationsBank of Charlotte, where the
     club would be moved for the 2001 season, according to
     Charley Walters of the ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS.  Walters
     added that "local suitors" are not "getting a break on the
     price" for the team, which is between $135M-$140M.  In
     addition, an OR-based sports management firm "hasn't given
     up on trying to entice the Twins to move to Portland" (ST.
     PAUL PIONEER PRESS, 8/30).  In Minneapolis, Sid Hartman
     reported that T-Wolves Owner Glen Taylor and T-Wolves
     stockholder Ralph Burnet "may talk" to the Pohlads "about
     their interest" in the Twins.  Taylor: "We are not
     interested in being an investor.  We would want to control
     the ownership and run it" (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 8/30).