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• Buster Onley begins his blog today with this headline. “Don’t be surprised if Wells surfaces” (all I could think of is that ballast usually does float).

• President Bush telephoned Barry Bonds yesterday to congratulate him on breaking Hank Aaron’s home run record and then publicly hailed him as one of the game’s best sluggers.

Please feel free to draw your own conclusions. I have, and let’s just say my drawing isn’t very pretty. Reminds me of a famous Reggie Jackson quote.

• Your AL Wild Card leader today is the Seattle Mariners. I could not have ever have begun to have guessed this would happen. I am surprised to say the least. Of course they are just keeping the place warm for the Yanks.

• Devil Rays manager Joe Madden hasn’t seen the Head’s homer yet. “I don’t watch ESPN,” said Maddon. “I’ve got some good books – I’m reading another new book right now by Allan Folsom. I just finished off Richard North Patterson. I’d rather read my book.”

• Roger Clemens has been suspended for five games. Like he cares. He is probably still grinning about nailing Alex Rios in the back. I bet it hurt too. I have always admired the guts Roger has shown on the mound, and though this suspension is warranted, some other pitchers may want to take note. Chin music baby. Reminds me of Bob Gibson or Don Drysdale.

• Only hours after manager Grady Little hinted at roster changes, the Dodgers made one after Thursday’s game, acquiring left-handed pinch-hitter Mark Sweeney from the Giants. And now the world wonders where Barry Bonds will obtain his amphetamines.

• Matt Murphy could become $500,000 richer if he sells Barry Bonds’ record-breaking home run ball. Even if he does not sell the ball, Murphy would still owe the taxes based on a reasonable estimate of its value, according to John Barrie, a tax lawyer with Bryan Cave LLP in New York.

• Hank Aaron was asleep at his home in Atlanta when Bonds hit his 756th home run Tuesday night to break Aaron’s mark.

“It was 1 o’clock in the morning,” Aaron told the newspaper. “Heck, I’m not going to sit up and watch a baseball game.”