Hondo whiffed Thursday with the Cards, whose failure to solve deGrom caused the deficit to bounce back up to 800 youngbloods.

Friday night: Mr. Aitch figures the Mets will make Cole sore — 10 units on Syndergaard to prevent the Pirates from patching together a victory.

Distinguished Daily Ruse columnist Anthony “Ridiculous Bulge” Weiner offered up some advice to Mayor de Blasio in Thursday’s editions about the usefulness of town hall meetings. Could there possibly be a worse source of political counsel than someone who resigned from Congress in disgrace after tweeting a picture of his junk? … Hondo hears Rex Ryan visited the city Thursday but turned around and went right back to Buffalo when he learned it was Fleet Week, not Feet Week. … Vendor Ahmed Mohammed, who tried to bamboozle tourists by selling them $30 hot dogs, reportedly is facing a $1,500 fine. You would think he would know that sort of grotesque gouging is permitted only at New York stadiums.