Hondo bagged another one Thursday night when the ‘Stros heroically came back against the Sawx to reduce the NRN (nasty red number) to 1,850 cuellars.

Friday night: Mr. Aitch will take some cash out of the register and put it on Tillman — 10 units on the Orioles to make Archer quiver.

R-S MSNBC (Ratings-Starved MSNBC) mercifully is pulling the plug on “The Ed Show,” starring Ed Schultz, after six years. Chuck Todd has been summoned from the bullpen as a replacement, although if the screen were left blank for the hour, it probably would match Schultz’s ratings. … Now that Anthony “A-Wad” Weiner has taken a job with a PR firm, it’s unclear whether the admitted cyber flasher will continue to work as a monthly columnist for the Daily Ruse. … North Korea reportedly has no interest in reaching an Iran-style nuke deal with the U.S. International sources say Kim Jong-un is waiting for John Kerry and the Groveler-in-Chief to offer up some of their trademark, too-hard-to-turn-down inducements.