Hondo missed the boat and the beat with Bo Diddley in the seventh at Belmont yesterday, causing a slight up-tick in the deficit to 1,825 durens.

Tonight, he’ll risk 10 units on the Yankees to over come Girardi and finish off the pesky little Angels in El Bronx.

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Here’s a fun tidbit about Studly Steve Phillips that some of you out there in HondoNation might not know: Studly Steve’s favorite TV show is “Ugly Betty” . . . Jer sey boy Bruce McDougal e-mails to suggest infidelity with Brooke Hundley (or is it Todd or Randy, as many have suggested) isn’t Phillips only problem. He also might be losing his vision. hondo@nypost.com