Hondo made no green with the Giants last night because they stumbled against the Marlins to raise the deficit to 1,080 splittorffs.
Tonight, Mr. Aitch will keep his chin up if Chen does a number on the Twins — 10 units on the Royals.
*
On the topic of people named Chen, let’s give a big HondoNation shoutout to Doris Chen, the 17-year-old winner of the USGA Girls Amateur. Doris putts as well as her uncle Huang, the benevolent ruler of Otterkill Golf Club, but — lucky for her — hits the ball much farther.
*
Obama is scheduled to make a guest appearance on The View Thursday at 11 a.m. That’s indicative of how dismal his approval ratings are — he can’t even land a slot on one of the nighttime talk shows . . . Charlie Rangel is balking at a request by congressional leaders to apologize so that he possibly could avoid a trial. He figures if he gives in on that, the next thing you know they’ll want him to start paying his taxes.