Hondo stopped the bleeding last night when he rolled with the Reds in Pittsburgh to lower the nasty negative number to 200 pinsons.

Today, heeding the counsel of colleague Howard “Howie Hoops” Kussoy, Mr. Aitch will try Marcum over Wakefield (that knucklehead) and Gallardo over Lowe. Ten units apiece on the Blue Jays and Brewers. Also, hockey whiz Tim Sullivan strongly urges a 10-unit play on the Bruins.

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According to a poll on Elena Kagan, 33 percent favor her nomination to the Supreme Court, while 33 percent are against it. The rest just want the rugged little fireplug to play catcher on their softball team . . . Tiger Woods insisted Monday his injury wasn’t caused by his car crash on Thanksgiving. However, he didn’t address the possibility that it resulted from a 9-iron to the neck. hondo@nypost.com