The Yankees hung on for Hondo yesterday, giving the Angels holy hell to reduce the deficit to 1,410 morrisons.

Tonight, he’ll give it the old college try with The Ol’ Ball Coach over Ole Miss — 10 units on South Carolina.

Fathith of Sudbury, emailing in reference to Sonia Sotomayor throwing out the first ball before Satur day’s Yanks-Sawx game, says he’s confident the self-described “wise Latina” will do a better job with her pitch than Obama did with the lollipop throw he made at the All-Star Game … The Metamucils report edly have fired several of GM Omar Minaya’s aides, which could be good news for Daily Ruse beatwriter and front-office wannabe Adam Rubin. hondo@nypost.com