BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : AMERICAN LEAGUE

While the Mariners carried their World Series hopes to Cleveland, state legislators failed to approve a $320-million stadium proposal aimed at keeping the team from moving. . . . Milwaukee Gov. Tommy Thompson signed legislation that creates a special stadium authority that would levy an 0.1% sales tax to help finance a new $250-million stadium for the Brewers. . . . Darryl Strawberry’s impromptu visit to the China Club, a New York nightspot, this week could land him behind bars for violation of the six-month house arrest sentence received at his income tax trial. . . . Dwight Gooden, who has not pitched in the major leagues since being suspended July 28, 1994 for violating his drug aftercare program, is reportedly close to signing with the New York Yankees.