AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES

Acting Commissioner Bud Selig and union head Donald Fehr held what was supposed to be a secret meeting in Milwaukee on Friday and went over the remaining differences preventing a labor deal.

“We hadn’t seen each other in a while,” Selig said after the 45-minute session. “We had a very pleasant discussion.”

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John Wetteland, tied for the major league lead in saves despite sitting out nearly three weeks, was activated from the disabled list by the New York Yankees. . . . Trying to drum up sagging attendance, the Oakland Athletics cut the stadium parking rate and announced plans to reduce some ticket and food prices next season.

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Enos Slaughter, a Hall of Famer who has long chafed under the impression he’s remembered only for scoring from first on a double to win the 1946 World Series, finally was remembered as a complete player Friday night.

Before the St. Louis Cardinals played the San Diego Padres, the team retired the No. 9 jersey of the man they called “Country.”

Slaughter’s heads-up play came in Game 7 of the ’46 Series against the Boston Red Sox. With the score tied in the bottom of the eighth inning, Slaughter singled and then scored all the way from first on Harry Walker’s double to left-center.