CC Sabathia wasn’t the only star making noise at Miller Park over the weekend.

Uno, the beagle that won “Best in Show” at the Westminster Kennel Club competition, made quite an impression as well. The pooch posed for photographs with kids, gave “pawtographs” to adoring fans and participated in the first pitch ceremony.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel blogger Jackie Loohauis-Bennett tagged along. “Aided by his gentle helper David Frei, renowned host of the WKC show broadcast, Uno made the rounds, mobbed by ‘Ooo, it’s Uno!’ gasping fans,” she wrote.

She did try to interview Uno. Here was their “exchange”:

Reporter: “So Uno — what do you think of Milwaukee?”

Uno: “Yeowp!”

Reporter: “How did you train for the first pitch?”

(Uno goes after unattended fondue pot.)

Reporter: “Is it true you have your own harness and seat when you travel Midwest Airlines?”

(Uno goes after unattended nachos.)

Reporter: “Will you give your new friend Jeff Suppan back the glove you stole from him in the dugout?”

Uno: No.

Relive Uno’s triumph at Westminster:

That makes Tipsheet mist up every time.

SPEAKING OF SABATHIA

Brewers manager Ned Yost plans to squeeze every possible start out of his new ace, as he noted while chatting with MLB.com.

“It’s nice,” he said. “It’s really, really, really nice. It’s like a new bar of soap.”

MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE

Questions to ponder while wondering if the battered Cards bullpen officially regrouped Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh:

• Are the Blue Jays still OK with that Troy Glaus-for-Scott Rolen deal? And how did that David Eckstein signing work out?
• Has anybody else noticed that Chris Duncan has pushed his batting average up to .255?
• With Aaron Miles batting .317 — and Adam Kennedy hitting .280 – will Tony La Russa give Miles some of Cesar Izturis‘ work at shortstop?
• Isn’t it weird to see Fernando Tatis back in the big leagues, raking the ball for the Mets?

QUIPS ‘R US

Here is what some of America’s leading sports pundits have been writing:

Jayson Stark, ESPN.com, naming Albert Pujols as his first-half MVP: “Think it’s any accident the Cardinals are 7-10 in games he doesn’t start, but 45-32 when he does? Think it’s a coincidence that when he was on the disabled list last month, Ryan Ludwick hit .188 and the Cardinals scored two runs or fewer five times in 13 games? There are great cases to be made for Chase Utley, Hanley Ramirez and Chipper Jones. But nobody has done more, with less around him, than Pujols.”

Dwight Perry, Seattle Times: “This just in: ‘Retired’ quarterback Brett Favre asks Packers for his release. Apparently he wants to deny he’s mulling a comeback with the Bears, Vikings, Buccaneers, Redskins, Panthers and Dolphins, too.”

Dan Daly, Washington Times, on golfer Anthony Kim: “There’s no taller mountain to climb in all of sports than Mount Tiger. The man has won 65 PGA Tour events, 14 majors and the heart of a Swedish swimsuit model - and he’s only 32. Part of you roots for Kim - heck, for anybody - to challenge Tiger like Jack did Arnie and Tom Watson did Jack. But another part of you fears for him, wonders whether Tiger’s unassailability will stunt Kim’s growth the way it has discouraged Mickelson, Sergio Garcia and so many others.”

Jerry Crowe, Los Angeles Times: “Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Tony Stewart’s move from a powerhouse team headed by Joe Gibbs to an upstart is being compared to Shaquille O’Neal’s leaving the more established Lakers to join the Miami Heat. The difference is, Shaq wasn’t given a choice.”

Mike Lupica, New York Daily News: “There were teams in the College World Series who have more stick in their batting orders than the San Francisco Giants showed this past week at Shea.”

Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle: “Pau Gasol, who wilted so badly against the Celtics, couldn’t be thrilled with a recent piece in ESPN magazine. He’s depicted as The Tin Man, complete with a Wizard of Oz-like photo.”

MEGAPHONE

“If you are superstitious, you don’t really believe in yourself. You think you are only successful because of that superstition. Routine is you believe in yourself and you are setting the table every single day to make sure you are at a high level.”

Jermaine O’Neal, offers a sage assessment to Raptors.com.