BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJORS : Strike Date Expected to Be Set by Players

The executive board of the Major League Baseball Players Assn. will meet by telephone on Thursday and is expected to set a strike date. Union head Donald Fehr said various strike dates from mid-August through late September are being considered. . . . Cincinnati Red reliever Rob Dibble will begin a rehabilitation assignment with triple-A Indianapolis today. He is trying to come back from shoulder surgery. . . . The Lake Elsinore Storm, Class-A affiliate of the Angels, had hoped to outdraw the San Diego Padres on Monday night. But the Storm drew only 6,108 to Lake Elsinore Diamond to watch the team beat the Stockton Ports, 3-2. About 60 miles south at the 46,510-seat Jack Murphy Stadium, 9,195 watched the Padres lose to the Colorado Rockies, 4-3.