MLB

Hondo makes bucks on Bucs

The Pirates were downright heroic for Hondo on Thursday at the Chicago vine-yard, rallying for five runs in the seventh and surviving a bases-loaded ninth to nip the Chubs and cut the deficit to 85 santiagos. 

Friday night: Mr. Aitch would like to see Jose find a way against the Phillies — 10 units on Fernandez to be phenomenal. 
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Emailer Lee Heydolph says the title of Hillary Clinton’s upcoming memoir should be: “What Difference Does It Make?” … The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame had its induction ceremony Thursday night at Barclays. Unlike the old-school voters for the Baseball Hall, the laissez-faire electorate for the Rock Hall has no problem voting in performers who used performance enhancing drugs … Diane Sawyer managed to squeeze an interview with the cast of “Mad Men” into her 22-minute “World News” program Thursday night. Some say that’s a little too much fluff for an allegedly serious news program, while others contend that since Christina Hendricks was in the group, it qualifies as hard news.