BASEBALL / AROUND THE MAJORS

Union head Donald Fehr had a clear response for baseball owners who want an NBA-style salary cap: Forget it.

“Baseball players have historically behaved in very different ways than basketball players,” Fehr told the Sports Summit, an annual meeting of sports marketing and advertising executives in New York.

In the NBA labor deal earlier this month, players agreed to a maximum salary of $14 million, the first time a union for a major U.S. league agreed to an individual salary limit. They also eliminated exceptions to teams’ salary caps.

Asked if there was any way baseball players would agree to similar provisions, Fehr said: “We haven’t seen anything so far that suggests we’re going to.”

*

Outfielder Cliff Floyd agreed to a $19 million, four-year contract with the Florida Marlins. . . . Jose Oquendo, who played 11 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, was hired as the team’s bench coach.