Hondo, having lost with the White Sox, appeared ready to endure another double-flusher last night when the Giants’ Kung Fu Panda pounced on the Snakes in the ninth to leave the deficit holding at 355 floods.
Today, Mr. Aitch will try some St. Louis-style Lynn-sanity — 10 units on the Cards to cream Bailey and the Reds. Tonight, he will go with the Rockies over Slosh Beckett and the Dodgers — 10 units.
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Emotionally fragile Matt Lauer, trying to soothe his hurt feelings over the criticism he received for running Ann Curry off Today, recently bought a $1.4 million yacht, which could cause more trouble on the show. Word is Matt’s reluctant to invite colleague Al Roker onto the boat for fear the NBC pant-load will provide a double-deuce christening … Martha Stewart panted on the Today Show that she is searching for a man who is “young-ish, tall-ish and outdoor-ish.” Maybe Ranger pitcher Yu Darvish would be a good-ish fit for the ex-con-ish domestic diva … Obama on Benghazi (from yesterday’s news conference): “Our job has been to find out exactly what happened, to make sure that U.S. embassies are safe and secure, and to bring those who carried it out to justice.” He didn’t say when he might get around to starting the job.