Atlanta’s relief corps was definitely glad to...

Atlanta’s relief corps was definitely glad to be out of Yankee Stadium, where it got no relief from the vulgarities and harder objects--bagels, apples, empty miniature whiskey bottles and quarters--thrown at them by fans in the left-center field bleachers.

Said Mike Bielecki: “They start on you, then they get on your family tree.”

Said bullpen coach Ned Yost: “It’s as bad as it ever gets. I told one guy he should be ashamed of himself. He actually apologized, but the other 900 just kept on us.”

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Acting Commissioner Bud Selig said he would join union leader Donald Fehr and management negotiator Randy Levine when they resume labor talks here today and reiterated that he believes a deal will be reached soon. He said Nov. 15 is the latest clubs can release their 1997 schedules, meaning a decision on interleague play, which is included in the proposed labor deal, must be made by then.