LICK MY BASEBALL BAT

Did the L.A. Times successfully straddle the line between clever and stupid with this here headline about the Dodgers' winning streak amping up to 11? Granted, This Is Spinal Tap is a 23-year-old film but to the geezers in the Times' sports dept., I'm sure it's still the measuring stick of hip. So, thanks, Randy Harvey, for juicing up Page One a bit. Now if only you could be rid of Grandpa Bill Dwyre once and for all. (Guess those golden parachutes can be a bitch, eh Randy?). The Sports Editor Emeritus's columns are ham-fisted and banal, utilizing the same editorial inanity once perfected by Bob Oates. In other words, he reads like he's gone the Leonard Tose route.