Hondo treaded water yesterday as he soaked up a victory with the Rays but was all wet with the Pirates, leaving the deficit holding at 2,245 boyers.

Today, who better to celebrate the holiday with than a team that’s laboring like the Yankees — 10 units on CC to outduel the one and only Jimmy Shields.

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Nadya “Octomom” Suleman has been fired from Celebrity Boxing because she skipped out on a match. However, she may not be cutting the cord completely; the promoters have asked her to let the other fighters continue to work out on her speed bags … From emailer Pat Kovach: The Republicans had Dirty Harry at their convention; the Democrats will have Dirty Bill at theirs.

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