The Yankees rallied heroically for Hondo last night, which, along with the Phillies’ triumph out at Flushing’s Lame-Duck Dump, increased the bulbous bankroll to 365 hermanskis.

Today, he’ll vacate the diamond district and go to the sparkling gems he calls his college best bets – 10 units apiece on Auburn, Wake Forest and Florida.

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O.J. Simpson denies he and some associates used a gun in a robbery to take back some of his own memorabilia. Mr. Aitch is inclined to believe O.J.’s denial on this one, since a knife is usually his weapon of choice.

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