Hondo plunged deeper into the abyss last night when the Rangers and Pirates failed to perform to expectations, causing the deficit to mushroom to 250 murtaughs.

Tonight, he’ll go with the Native Americans in De troit – 10 units on Byrd.

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A-Rod bagged an extra 200Gs for being the top vote-getter on the All-Star team. Colleague Mike O’Neill suggests he might want to use some of that money to buy the missus some less obscene tank tops. And the rest could be used for lap dances . . . Salman Rushdie, author of “The Satanic Verses, and his wife, model/TV hostess Padma Lakshmi, are packing it in after three years of marriage. Must have been the pressure of the fatwa.

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