STRIKE WILL BE COSTLY TO MANY BONILLA WOULD LOSE $31,148 PER DAY.(SPORTS)

Byline: RONALD BLUM Associated Press

NEW YORK Bobby Bonilla, with a $5.7 million salary this season, stands to lose the most if baseball players strike in two weeks.

Bonilla would lose $31,148 each day of a strike, a total of $1,619,672 if a walkout continues for the final 52 days of the season.

Chicago White Sox pitcher Jack McDowell, who gained a $5.3 million salary in arbitration despite losing his case, is next at $28,692 per day, a total of $1,506,011, followed by Roberto Alomar of Toronto, Roger Clemens of Boston and David Cone of Kansas City, who each would lose $27,322 per day, a total of $1,420,765.

But the star players say they'll strike to defeat a salary cap even though they have the most to lose.

``There's no way the players are cracking,'' Clemens said.

No players would be paid during a work stoppage, according to lawyers for both the Major League Baseball Players Assocation and management's Player Relations Committee. For each day of a …