Hondo plunged deeper into the red yesterday when he won with the Fish but lost with the Reds and ‘Stros to boost the IOU’s to 950 shannons.

Tonight, Mr. Aitch will strike up the band with the one and only Jimmy Shields — 10 units on the Rays over the Sawx. Also, he’ll put some dinero on Pineiro — 10 on the Cards.

-$

John Madden has been named a special adviser to Roger Goodell. The first piece of advice he gave the commish was to always square his shoulders and — boom! — run north and south, not east and west . . . Obama said he accepts Rep. Joe Wilson’s apology for hollering “you lie” during his health care speech to Congress. Responded Wilson: Yeah, right, sure he does.

-$

Hondo’s niddy-griddy, top-notch, new-look NFL selections

hondo@nypost.com