Hondo prevailed with the Tigers (as suggested by Howard “Howie Hoops” Kussoy) yesterday but fal tered with the Pirates and Padres, who plated one and stranded 16 in the opener. That bit of misfortune put the deficit at 395 covingtons.

Today, Mr. Aitch is counting on Jurrjens to provide some lotion for his dry spell — 10 units on Los Bravos to do a number on the Los Angeles Seligs.

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The FAA announced yesterday in the wake of Tuesday’s incident in which pilots of a plane carry ing Michelle Obama and Jill Biden had to abort a landing because of errors by air traffic controllers that air traffic supervisors, not controllers, will han dle the First Lady’s plane. Controllers applauded the move, saying they are in favor of any new policy that enables them to squeeze in more nap time in the tower … Hondo suggests you avoid backing bus ted shoplifter Mike Leake, who’s going for the Reds today. With temperatures expected to be only in the 50s, Leake likely will be shivering on the mound after being unable to pull off that t-shirt heist Mon day.

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