The D’backs slithered past the Dodgers last night, sparing Hondo, who’d already lost with the Jays and Tribe, the dreaded triple-flusher and leaving the debt at 2,485 suttons.

Today, Mr. Aitch will take a wild stab with the ‘Stros against Halladay, and go with the Blue Jays to reiterate that Lackey’s a flunky — 20 units apiece on Norris and Romero. Tonight, he will float a wager on Hudson — 20 units on the D’backs to coast in L.A.

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Columbia has been named the best college in New York State, according to the latest US News and World Report rankings. Cornell, which came in at No. 2, could have grabbed the top spot but lost some key points when researchers factored in that Keith “Gasbag” Olbermann, aka Uberdork, was a graduate of the school’s College of Agriculture.

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