Around the diamond   Major league baseball owners, meeting this
week in Chicago, have endorsed a restructuring proposal that
calls for the merging of the two league offices under the
Commissioner's banner. Baseball's player relations committee
also filed a lawsuit requesting an injunction to block the
players from seeking a portion of revenue from televised games.
. . The Chicago Cubs avoided breaking their team's record of 13
consecutive losses, set in 1944, by beating Philadelphia 12-11
Monday at Wrigley Field.  The reason Steve Garvey is hitting
better for the Los Angeles Dodgers is because he's stopped
guessing at the plate and gone back to swinging where the ball
is pitched. Garvey has now played in more than 1,000 consecutive
games for the Dodgers. His streak began on Sept. 3, 1975 in
Cincinnati. Lou Gehrig holds the major league record with a
total of 2,140 consecutive games; Billy Williams the National
League mark at 1,117.  The story is that pitcher Randy Jones,
who had only one victory for the New Y