Show Section Monday August trike date likely set tomorrow Inside NEW YORK (AP) — All the drama in baseball this season hasn’t been confined to the field Some of the toughest pitches are being hurled across Manhattan conference rooms where owners are demanding economic changes that could spark the game’s ninth work stoppage since 1972 And it could come to this: No World Series for the second time in nine years Players are likely to set a strike date when their executive board meets Monday possibly leading to a walkout in late August or early September The key stumbling block appears to be management’s demand to slow escalating player salaries — a luxury tax on teams with high payrolls Sammy keeps slammin’ at B2 Coors Field Sports briefs Stingers blow lead in ninth inning lose SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Damon Mashore capped a five-ru- n ninth inning with an RBI double to give the Tucson Sidewinders a 7 win over the Salt Lake Stingers Sunday Salt Lake led 7--3 going into the ninth when Willie Morales led off with a single to left off Stingers’ closer Francisco Rodriguez After Nate Murphy struck out Brian Dallimore blooped a single to right Lee McCool in his first career at triple-- A singled to right to score Morales James Mouton followed with a double off the top of the fence in right to score Dallimore Hanley Frias grounded out to second to score McCool to make it a 7-- 6 game ' Lyle Overbay lined a pitch from Rodriguez (1-into for an RBI double and then scored on Mashore’s double “Eventually it all has to be tied together’’ said Atlanta pitcher Tom Glavine die National League player representative “There’s caution on our side because obviously the big issues — revenue sharing and luxury tax — are out there Those can set opinion counts these days “Bud Selig and I have been friends for a long time I'm'not sure how much he relies on me anymore" Steinbrenner said in an interview published Sunday in The New York Times “I don’t know He kind of has his allies and most of them are small-markguys” There seemed to be some progress in negotiations the past week with players ending their decades-ol- d opposition to mandatory drug testing and agreeing to be tested for illegal steroids starting next year While neither side commented after a three-hobargaining session Sunday there seemed to be some compete He thinks revenue-sharin- g — taking from the biggest clubs and giving to the smaller ones like his family-owne- d Milwaukee Brewers — is the only way to restore competitive balance “The system is so in my judg- menu badly flawed it's going to take a myriad of solutions” Selig said earlier this month One owner who sticks up for big- market clubs is George Steinbrennpr whose New York Yankees' payroll is $135 million He doesn’t think they should have to subsidize smaller teams Steinbrenner also thinks profit-sharishould be used to raise payrolls not help teams rack up profits But he’s not certain how much his -r- the negotiations in motion quickly in one direction or the other” Finding a way to slow salaries has been a perennial management goal long before Bud Selig became commissioner in 1998 Players however would like keep things (he way they are Since 1976 the last season before free agency the average salary has jumped from $51500 to increase $238 million a 46-foSelig said it has reached the point where only the richest teams can et ur ng ld See DATE on B4 8-- come-fiom-behi- nd at-b- at 1- -1 left-cent- er 3) Miller out for season Seattle clinches spot in playoffs ' ' V t ' I ? V4"' ' f ''V IgA 2 : with blowout win 7( uy SEATTLE (AP) — Lauren Jackson matched her career-hig- h with 27 points as the Seattle Storm clinched their first-evplayoff berth with a 7 victory Sunday night over the Utah Starzz The Storm won just 16 combined games in their first two years in die WNBA “We thought we could make the playoffs this year and that was our goal” coach Lin Dunn said thefourth-seede- d The Storm (17-1team in the Western Conference will pldy either Los Angeles or Houston in the first round of the playoffs Houston won the league’s first four titles before Los Angeles captured the championship last year “We want to play Houston” said Amanda Lassiter ' who scored a season-hig- h 14 points “We had some close games with them this ' er 74-5- dv S w-- 4) BEREA Ohio (AP) — The Cleveland Browns made tentative plans just in case Pro Bowl linebacker Jamir Miller held out of training camp for a hew contract Miller the Browns’ best defensive player showed up Those plans will still have to be used The Miller will miss the entire 2002 season after tearing his right Achilles’ tendon during Cleveland’s 27-1- 5 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday I Pagel The Herald Journal V' - 2002 12 " i' '‘v ’Wt: r?1 j f I year” Seattle was 1 against Los Angeles this season and 3 against Houston “We want to prove to Houston we are a good team and we can beat them " added Lassiter acquired from Houston earlier in the season Adia Barnes and Kamila Vodichkova each added 11 points Sue Bird washeld scoreless just two nights after setting a franchise record with 33 points but dished out eight assists “She doesn’t need to score” Jackson said of the this year’s No 1 overall draft pick “Just do all the ' other stuff and she does that” Jennifer Azzi and Marie Ferdinand led the Starzz (19-1with 10 points each Natalie Williams added nine points for Utah which will be the second seed in the West playoffs The Starzz have lost four of five “We’re struggling right now” coach Candi Harvey said “We ran into a very hungry basketball ball right team that is playing playoff-calib- b'rJ-'-'ssrTiJ’s- “ i 2-- 0-- Sunday's scores AL Anaheim 1 Toronto 0 Boston 3 Minnesota 1 Texas 11 Cleveland 5 NY Yankees 8 Oakland 5 Detroit 2 Baltimore 1 Chicago White Sox 6 Seattle 5 Kansas City 10 Tampa Bay 0 NL Atlanta 13 Houston 3 Chicago Cubs 12 Colorado 9 San Francisco 5 Pittsburgh 4 Arizona 9 Florida 2 SL Louis 9 NY MetsO WNBA 'Orlando 71 Detroit 58 Charlotte 71 New York 58 Los Angeles 69 Minnesota 58 Washington 60 Cleveland 54 Indana77 Miami 63 Seattle 74 Utah 57 Phoenix 73 Portland 70 ' ' 6pm ESPN2— World Series New Eng land Regionai final teams TBA at Bristp Coqn v y Series Northwest teams TBA at San pjn 1 - r t " :'v in Third-roun- Tiger wins Buick Open — B4 i V NFL fi iron shots apd making a lot df putts” The rest of the field' seemed powerless to stop Webb on the rainsoaked Tumberry links d leaders Carin Koch of Sweden and Jenny Rosales of the Philippines were no match Rosies shot a 73 and tied for fourth and Koch had a 74 to tie for eighth at 10 under Ellis shot a 68 and Marti had a 69 to finish tied for second at 13 under ' y The top American finishers were Meg Mallon and BethBauer whotied for eighthat 10 under Just four players - Webb Se Ri Pak Juli Inkster have won 16 of the last 19 and Annika Sorenstam majors Webb has won sip of them Pak four Inkster four and Sorenstam two Sorenstam failed to make 15-un- ild : Calif -- AP photq British Open title Webb finished at 273 The beating fellow Australian Michelle Ellis and Spain’s Paula Marti by twd stxokes ESPN —Amateur Little League World Series semifinal 1 teams TBA at Portland Ora 3 pjn ESpN2— Amateur Little League World Series semifinal 2 teams TBA ' at Portland Ore LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL Regional Anal t Utah's Adrienne Goodson front and Seattle's Lauren Jackson battle for a rebound during the first half Seattle Sunday night Led by Jackson's 27 points the Storm prevailed 74-5- 4 to clinch a playoff spot TURNBERRY Scotland (AP) — KarrieWebb’s GIRLS &FTBAI1 Bemardno - ter ' latest comeback established a new standard of lence on the LPGA Tour the Super Slam Webb shot a 66 Sunday rallying from three strokes behind to win her third Women’s On ESPN2-W- orld 'V-'- Webb sets standard with another major win Pioneer league - 'Jf er Ogderi12 MedtekieHat2 Missoula 3 Provo 1 ' vfej W'SMT4 now” Philadelphia 6 Los Angeles 3 PCL Tucson 8 Salt Lake 7 i -- j- 2) Cincinnati 9 San Diego 7 Milwaukee 6 Montreal 2 - K:T-Xw- ESPN— Preseason Miami at r 'VTampaBay ' 'Vrf’-V-r i i i ?' ' f 'i h ' I : ' j -- ' r ‘ -r- -- it (vas the sixdi major championship in four years t for Webb who won die British Open in her rookie ‘ season of 1995'and again in 1997 TI19 British j beaune a major lasf year replacing the defunct du : Marnier Classic WUib mriped iqi a career Grand Slam by winning the du Mauner the Nabisco Chainpionship' the US OpenandtlieLPGAChampionship By adding the British Open she completed what nas become known as the career “Super Slam’ of five different y majors in just five years “It’s one of the best rounds that I can remember” Webb said “The first major I won the (1999) du Maurier Classic shot 66 in the final round as well and I birdied four out of the last five holes so it was- n’t as solid a round as it was today “Just right from die word go I was hitting good -' y&v thecutatTimberry j- j Webb became the first player since Mickey Wright iii 1964 to win a major title four years in a row Wright achieved that feat twice between 1957-6- 4 “I didn’t know that” Webb said “That feels great r Y i too" ' ! Webb' who missed the cut at the US Open at Prairie Dunes last month searched for an explanation for her return to form “You work hard and you keep at it and hopefully the things that you’ve been working hard at work out” she said Webb said she was inspired by playing Tumberry a course that’s on the rotation for the men’s British Open-- : L V-' ' See MAJOR on B4 ih‘: 4 V' 1 Ji APptioto' Karris Webb holds up the trophy after winning the Women's British Open Sunday c a k " 4 f : ‘ ' t i -- |