New Day for Man: There is crying in baseball, but Oprah, Barbara, shut out of McGwire tear-fest sweepstakes

It is a sad day for Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Walters and the entire woman industry, which was kicked in the nuts Monday, when Mark McGwire decided to squirt salt to a man.

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For decades, Ope and Bar have been America's go-to washtubs for celebrity tear rehab. Actors, authors, congressmen have gone to them and instinctively wept, even if they had nothing to cry about. Hell, I'm crying right now, thinking about them. I can barely see the screen. It's... I'm...

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(Two hours later:) As men dominate the NBA, hair-transplants and Supreme Court nominees, women have always ruled in the tears-for-rehab celebrity industry.

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So WTF? How did Bob Costas break the crass ceiling? How does a guy get his piece of the Cry Pie? He is the Jackie Robinson of male tears. This is a breakthrough: From now on, boys, we cry on our own shows. We cry together. There is crying in baseball. And we're keeping the business in-house.

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Bob Costas, you go, guy!