Hondo had it read perfectly Tuesday night — the ugly karma Matt “The Dark Diva” Harvey created had resulted in the Nationals having a six-run lead with two outs and one on in the top of the seventh. What could possibly go wrong? See elsewhere for the particulars; all HondoNation needs to know is Matt Williams and his choking-dog Nats caused the deficit to grow to 1,674 hartnetts.

Wednesday night: Mr. Aitch suggests a hop on Jonny Lager, aka Jon Lester — 20 units on the Cubs to prevail against their Arch-enemy.

How long until some catcher with Harvey-like diva tendencies imposes an innings limit on himself? After all, catchers make a lot more throws than any pitcher, and with lucrative contracts to negotiate, like Harvey, they don’t want to do anything that might impact negatively on their future millions. … GM Sandy Alderson says Harvey may not start again until the final series of the season, and then only “if that game is meaningful.” A show of hands from all those who would like to see Harvey’s innings limited to whatever he finished with Tuesday night against the Nats. That’s a Mets team even Hondo could get behind. … Harvey’s co-workers must be searching for just the right words to express their support for their me-first, Mets-a-distant-second teammate.