Salazar and the Tribe provided excellent service at U.S. Cellular Field on Friday, answering the call from Hondo to elevate the earnings to 156 virdons.

Saturday: Mr. Aitch will try to keep the fire burning with some Cole — 20 units apiece on Gerrit of the Pirates and Hamels of the Rangers.

Hillary Clinton taking five swipes with a MetroCard before achieving success makes her the Ernie Els of the New York City subway system. … From Siciliano of The Bronx: “Talk about typecasting: Sean Penn will be one of the voices in the Angry Birds movie. Will the other voices include Alec Baldwin and Rosie O’Donnell?”

And finally, it bears reprinting — from Hondo’s April 4, 2001 column: Nothing says you spit the bit in the World Series quite like a National League flag-raising ceremony at the home opener.