Dick Young wrote a popular Sunday column, “Clubhouse Confidential,” a collection of morsels pulled from his notebooks.

Here’s my stab at it, my “Never Leaves The House Incidentals”:

Don’t forget to follow the money — everywhere and at all times.

The American flag bunting that for decades rimmed the outsides of nearly all the stands during the World Series has been greatly reduced so as not cover the ads sold and placed for TV exposure.

Neither the Titans nor the Jaguars have been around long enough to have established traditions, yet the NFL paraded them on Thursday night football — the NFL’s prime-time saturation level no longer requires Sunday, Monday and Thursday night football to be capitalized as if special — trying to peddle “alternate” uniforms.

The Titans appeared in shimmering blue outfits that looked like hostess pajamas, something Katherine Hepburn might have worn while pouring a drink for Spencer Tracy.

The Jaguars were covered in mustard yellow, a color that shouldn’t be worn after — or before — Labor Day.

But as the game rots before our eyes, these are the things that concern the Nero Fiddles League.

Speaking of money, after Cleveland’s Corey Kluber was pulled from Game 1 of the World Series having shut out the Cubs through six, he walked from the mound to a roaring, standing ovation.

As he neared the dugout — and those just behind it who likely paid a fortune to be there — surely he was going to touch the brim of his cap, shoot the fans a brief smile or a quick wave as a matter of mutual appreciation.

But nope. He just ignored them, pretended they weren’t even there. Pity. And Kluber’s certainly not alone in this new-age, too-cool habit.

For all the counterproductive, self-absorbed in-game preening and posing MLB players exhibit, here was a chance for a player to show off — to show off his class. But he passed.

For a moment I thought maybe FOX’s Joe Buck or John Smoltz would say a little something about that, to let us know that they, too, saw what we couldn’t miss. But again, nothing.

The unintended use of replay rules remain in steady, active — in an inactive sort of way — tribute to sports’ foresight-free fixers.

After the second play in last Sunday’s Giants-Rams game from London — another game designed to sell foreign markets on exciting NFL football — the game was stopped cold for a replay review.

And the last 1:56 of the first half took 21 minutes, six devoted to commercials, to complete. Keep a stiff upper lip, mates!

The night before, the Dodgers-Cubs NLCS game ended with a 6-4-3 double play.

As reader Steve Boxer noted, if only the play at first had been a tad closer, the Cubs’ spontaneous celebration would have had to be delayed or suspended pending the outcome of another unintended replay review!

But such is coming, sooner rather than later.

Carlos Alberto was all talent and class

When I covered the Cosmos during their brief (1977-82), but wild ride at Giants Stadium — still, and by far, those were the world’s most famous teams — I would try to explain and defend soccer to those who didn’t get it by asking them to attend a game and keep their eyes on Carlos Alberto.

By then Alberto was in his mid-to-late 30s, his days as the dynamic captain of Brazil’s National Team nearly 10 years gone, yet he compensated with his vision, instincts and brains. As a defender, he saw what was coming and headed it off at the pass — twin puns intended.

He played with an economy of movement and an upright grace and elegance that my elders would describe as the marks of Joe DiMaggio.

Unlike DiMaggio, Alberto was engaging and friendly. And on a team loaded with greats, egos and jealousies to match, Alberto answered questions as honestly as he could — sometimes with a Portuguese-accented wink.

Carlos Alberto died last week of a heart attack in Rio. He was 72. Vai com Deus.

Modest proposals for immodest celebrations

Not sure why, other than modern peer pressure, but Giants running back Rashad Jennings last Sunday tried to leave the impression he’s a selfish, undignified fool.

Following the straight-ahead blocking of Weston Richburg, Ereck Flowers and Justin Pugh, Jennings easily scored on a 1-yard run — count it, 1 yard.

He might have then pointed to his linemen to give due credit, or just flipped the ball to the nearest official. Instead, he proceeded to an uninhabited spot in the end zone to perform a contorted, all-about-me dance. Naturally, given the opportunity to note how ridiculous Jennings looked, CBS’s Kevin Harlan and Dan Fouts reacted with TV-standard pandering silence. One wonders how Jennings would have responded after scoring from the 2.

With such obligatory buffoonery in mind, reader Peter Walsh suggests that the 40-second play clock be in operation after touchdowns, thus the team that scored has 40 seconds to attempt a PAT or two-point conversion or lose 5 yards. Such might limit end-zone displays of extended immodesty.

Scott Brunner, the former overachieving Giants quarterback, has an added idea that also could restore some civility to the sport:

If, during one of those excessive and occasionally even lewd post-TD “celebrations,” a flag is thrown for unsportsmanlike conduct, the penalized team loses its opportunity to kick a PAT or go for two.

“The next play,” Brunner said, “is a kickoff.”

Back when plain, coherent, instantly applicable football was spoken on TV and radio, we would hear things such as “complete for a 6-yard gain.” Now, even Fouts has caught the bug, thus vague information is spoken in redundant form, such as, “He was able to make a positive gain.”

Last Sunday, after the Vikings scored a touchdown to give the Eagles a 21-10 lead, a FOX graphic read, “Largest deficit 11 points this season for Vikings.” Among others, Eagles fan Joe Miegoc found that odd given that Philadelphia had led 21-3.

Though it’s not always easy to figure what Knicks radio play-by-player Mike Crispino is talking about, analyst Brendan Brown remains a strong pair of surrogate eyes. He’s prepared, alert, concise and presumably helps us see what we can’t, which means he’s believable.

Reader Tim Spelman suggested that after last week’s Seahawks-Cardinals game ended in a 6-6 final — following two missed shorties in overtime — ESPN’s superimposed “field-goal range line” becomes extra ridiculous.

OK, it’s another NFL Sunday. You know what that means: By the third quarter, scores from other games will be replaced by statistics for fantasy leaguers, and by the fourth, “Someone’s gotta step up and make a play.”