Hondo failed to get a payday out of his Ray play last night as the Red Sawx rolled in St. Pete to trim the earnings to 575 santiagos.

Tonight, he’ll stick with ’em – 10 units on Andy Sonnanstine, who if nothing else is leading the league in N’s.

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Two of the great political thinkers of this era teed off on Sarah Palin yesterday. Lindsay “Firecrotch” Lohan blogslapped her on MySpace, and Mike “Fire plug” Lupica patty-whacked her in his “Rambling Re flections From The Recliner” column. There wasn’t much difference in the two pieces, other than Lo han’s being more coherent.

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