That’s some high-caliber carry-on

Your Honor, I meant to pack the JUGS gun.

Instead, Larry Sudbrook, the baseball coach at St. Bonaventure, was packing heat when his team went through the security checkpoint last month at Buffalo Niagara International Airport.

He had a .357 Magnum revolver in his carry-on bag.

Sudbrook, who has coached at the school for 22 years, was fined $1,000 last week after pleading guilty to a federal offense that U.S. District Court Magistrate Kenneth Schroeder called a “mind-boggling” brain cramp.

A hunter and gun collector, Sudbrook told the court he forgot he had left the gun in a zippered compartment after an earlier trip, and said he didn’t notice the gun because the bag was loaded with game and recruiting reports.

After his sentencing, Sudbrook apologized for the embarrassment he caused St. Bonaventure and thanked the U.S. attorney’s office and the judge, the Associated Press reported.

“They understand that I was a tunnel-visioned coach who was focused on preparing to beat a nationally ranked team, Charlotte, and not something I should have been focused upon.”

Sudbrook caught a break. Like the gun, he could have been fired.

Trivia time

This year’s College World Series championship-round rematch between last year’s finalists Oregon State and North Carolina is the first in more than 30 years.

What teams last played for the title in consecutive years, and which team won both times?

Don’t try this

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay is 4-0 with a 3.58 earned-run average since returning from an emergency appendectomy.

Struggling pitchers in both leagues are checking to see what body parts they can spare.

No-hit, no-cook

Justin Verlander’s no-hitter for the Detroit Tigers earned him an audience with President Bush, and in what was probably a more wide-ranging conversation, a Q-and-A session with Dan Patrick in ESPN the Magazine. (Dubya mostly wanted to talk about former Texas Rangers.)

Patrick: “Last meal you cooked?” Verlander: “Probably a frozen pizza.” Patrick: “I don’t know if that constitutes cooking, Justin.” Verlander: “It counts. Half the time I leave the cardboard on the bottom and burn it.”

Scalpers’ challenge

Any Miami Dolphins season-ticket holders thinking of unloading their tickets to the Oct. 28 game against the New York Giants in London will have to get a passport first.

Season-ticket holders can buy the tickets at their option, but if they do, they must pick them up in person with photo identification in London the week of the game.

Our advice to scalpers based on recent news reports: Allow at least 12 weeks for passport processing, and don’t choose Continental Airlines for your transatlantic flight.

Dogleg left

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick’s scheduled charity golf tournament was canceled last week, according to the Daily Press in Newport News, Va.

Vick has been under scrutiny in a dog-fighting investigation since April, when law enforcement officials raided a home owned by Vick in Surry County, Va., removing dozens of dogs.

Sounds like Vick is trying to stay out of the “ruff.”

If you build it

The IndyCar Series is making its first stop in Newton, Iowa, where today’s Iowa Corn Indy 250 is expected to draw as many as 35,000 fans to a town with a population of 15,579.

The scene isn’t entirely unfamiliar to driver Danica Patrick, who is from Illinois.

“The last I was really in Iowa was when I used to race go-karts in the town called Marshalltown, I think,” she said.

Trivia answer

USC and Arizona State met in 1972 and ‘73, with USC winning both times.

And finally ...

Patrick said her parents drove her bus from Illinois for today’s race and were pulled over along the way, but escaped without getting a ticket.

Patrick’s response: “Thank you, cop, whoever you are.”

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robyn.norwood@latimes.com