Hondo, bouncing back beautifully from his Opening Night disaster with the Dodgers, scored Monday with Buck’s Birds, who hosed the Bosawx to bring the number back down to zero.
Tuesday night: Mr. Aitch will play the Ray over the Jay — 10 units on Cobb to provide a kernel of comfort.
Mayor de Blasio, facing intense booing, bared down and threw a terrific first pitch Monday at Citi Field. Maybe by next year, with a little more work, the tall righthander can put on his big boy pants and throw from on top of the mound, instead of in front of it … Speaking of mayors, sources say Toronto’s Rob Ford loves to soak up the sights and sounds of Opening Day — the crack of the bat, the crack in the pipe, the smell of the grass, as it burns in the bong, and when the fans sing: “Take me out to the ballgame, take me out with the crowd, buy me some peanuts and crack, Jack, I don’t care if I fall on my back …”