The Angels had a helluva tough time in Detroit yesterday, making a loser of Hondo and causing his deficit to soar to three figures at 100 mayberrys.

Tonight, Mr. Aitch will revert to the tried and true Anti-Peavy Method, which in this case calls for a 10-unit plunge on the Royals.

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Admitted statutory rapist Roman Polanski is asking “to be treated fairly like anyone else.” In that case, he should come back and rot in jail for a few years and everyone will call it even . . . Meanwhile, Conan O’Brien, who can’t stop talking about losing the Tonight Show, says he doesn’t “want people thinking I got screwed.” Good that he cleared that up because most people probably feel NBC really stuck it to him by only giving him $45 million to go away.

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