Pardon the Abbreviation: IAH is appearing on the Tony Barnhart Show today (yaaaay!) and we must prepare.

Starting Five

1. Cowboys announce a Victoria’s Secret PINK boutique will open inside their stadium, proceed to play Lingerie League-quality football in a 34-10 loss to the Bears. Tony Ohno! tosses five interceptions in a Favrian effort.

Female Cowboy fans: Don’t believe him when he says he’s just going for a beer and a brisket sandwich

2. Cabrera, Cabrera: The All-Star Game MVP, Melky Cabrera of the San Francisco Giants, is a PED memory. The probable American League MVP, Miguel Cabrera, had four hits, including a solo homer, in a 5-3 defeat of the Royals to help the Detroit Tigers win the American League Central. Miggy leads the AL in RBI (137), home runs (44) and batting average (.329). Baseball’s last Triple Crown winner was Boston’s Carl Yaztremski, who did it in 1967 (or, as Steve Rushin tweeted, “was Affirmed in 1978, who hit two home runs on the last day of the season.”)

3. At least 38 are dead in Hong Kong’s deadliest ferry accident in decades. The crash occurred on China’s National Day.

4.  The Yankees send 13 men to the plate in a nine-run second inning in a 10-2 rout of the Red Sox. Robinson Cano, Curtis Granderson, Russell Martin and Mark Texeira all homered in the second frame as the Yanks take a one-game lead on the Orioles for the A.L. East.  Here’s where it gets interesting: If the O’s and Yanks finish in a tie, they will play a tie-breaker on Thursday and the loser will play in the wild-card game on Friday. Setting up to be an interesting week.

5. You know how Los Angeles fans are famously late arrivals for Dodger games (not all of them are as crafty as Larry David when it comes to beating the traffic)? Well, the Dodgers are late arrivals to the pennant chase. L.A. has won six in a row to remain in the hunt for a wildcard spot, but still trails St. Louis by two games with two games remaining.

Reserves

New York’s Melky Mesa had a base hit in his first Major League at-bat. How long until we can refer to him as MeMe and again how long until we can launch a MeMe meme?

Is it just us or does this photo remind you of a police lineup? Probably because the Nuggets look as happy to be wearing these alternate jerseys as they might be in a police precinct.

We were advised by Twitter to follow USA soccer studette Alex Morgan. This is her Twitter pic…

What’s the opposite of “Hog Heaven?” This, apparently.