WASHINGTON Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who has offered to helpresolve baseball's labor dispute, will attend a Boston Red Soxdoubleheader today "to see what the hometown fans have to say aboutall this," a spokesman said.
Reich, a former Yale professor and longtime baseball fan, willtake his son, Adam, 13, to watch the Red Sox play the ClevelandIndians at Fenway Park, assistant deputy secretary Steve Rosenthalsaid Saturday. Reich planned to meet with union representatives fromboth teams.
"He wants to kind of rub elbows with the fans, to take theirtemperature on this," Rosenthal said.
Reich met recently with Fehr and management negotiator RichardRavitch and offered the Clinton administration's help in resolvingthe labor dispute. Neither side has accepted the offer.
The players have set a Friday strike date.
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