News of the day

Acting commis- sioner Bud Selig didn't set a date for calling off the season, but the end appears near.

"It's unreal. I can't believe it," Atlanta Braves president Stan Kasten said. "We're about to lose the World Series."

Games lost

Seven games were canceled yesterday. The total number missed is 406.

Quote

"I knew Bud Selig was a moron. I didn't know he was an oxymoron." -- Bill Conlin, of ESPN's "Sports Reporters," noting that Selig set a "tentative deadline" for negotiations