Hondo, closing the lid on the worst August in the history of handicapping, went double-draino with the Tigers and White Sox to put the number on the big red toteboard at 1,005 tebbettses.

Today, maybe the Sawx will continue to struggle in St. Pete (but probably not) — 10 units on Sonnanstine.

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Chris “Slap ‘Em Around” Brown claims he’s still in love with Rihanna. No doubt he’s praying she lets him have one more shot . . . Mike Lupica, weighing in with his obligatory column on Saint Ted, wrote of Kennedy’s “habit of a lifetime — looking out for somebody else.” Except for that time in the water at Chappaquiddick . . . Vice-President Joe Biden addressed some young ball players Sunday at his induction into the Little League’s Hall of Excellence. The formerly bald Biden delivered an uplifting message: Keep pluggin.’

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