Hondo went down the tubes with Bad News Hughes yesterday as the Yankees flopped in Fenway Pahk to trim the wad to a somewhat slender 45 con cepcions.

Tonight, Mr. Aitch will attempt to stay in the black by going with the Reds — 10 units on Arroyo raze Arizona.

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Genital Ben Roethlisberger reportedly is getting married July 23 to his longtime girlfriend. One inter esting note about the nuptials: it’s believed the wed ding will mark the first in which the bridal party has an order of protection against the groom. . . . What’s the big deal about Manny Ramirez flunking another drug test? It’s just Manny injecting Manny. Maybe he should have stuck to the B12 shots like Clemens.

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