Red Hot Mama » Red Hot Diaries http://www.red-hot-mama.com It sounds like porn, but it's all about baseball. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:10:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2006-2007 1440 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/images/logo_rhm_rss.gif Red Hot Mama http://www.red-hot-mama.com 144 144 It sounds like porn, but it's all about baseball. The Red Hot Broadcast is the audio component to the humorous and upbeat blog devoted to the National League Central, red-hot-mama.com. Each week, the happenings with the teams are discussed. red hot mama, humor, comedy, sports, baseball, chicago cubs, cincinnati reds, houston astros, milwaukee brewers, pittsburgh pirates, st. louis cardinals Red Hot Mama Red Hot Mama no no Baker Gets Bum Rap Concerning Wood, Prior http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/10/29/baker-gets-bum-rap-concerning-wood-prior/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/10/29/baker-gets-bum-rap-concerning-wood-prior/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:02:27 +0000 KC2HMZ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/10/29/baker-gets-bum-rap-concerning-wood-prior/ OK, so the Reds have hired Dusty Baker as their new manager, and half of Reds Nation has gone ballistic, with the chief complaint against him apparently being that Dusty ruined Mark Prior and Kerry Wood when he was in Chicago.

Before you subscribe to the theory that something Baker did somehow derailed the career of Mark Prior, you might want to read this … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/10/29/baker-gets-bum-rap-concerning-wood-prior/feed/ 12 Good News for a Change (Obviously Not Reds Related) http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/10/18/good-news-for-a-change-obviously-not-reds-related/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/10/18/good-news-for-a-change-obviously-not-reds-related/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:28:25 +0000 Zeldink http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/2007/10/18/good-news-for-a-change-obviously-not-reds-related/ It looks like the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) lost their case about players' stats being personal property. That's good news, not only for fantasy sites, but for blogs and other places that utilize that information.

The case didn't make much sense to me. How could there be ownership of publicly available … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/10/18/good-news-for-a-change-obviously-not-reds-related/feed/ 1 Real Men Wear Pink http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/08/31/real-men-wear-pink/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/08/31/real-men-wear-pink/#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2007 01:04:03 +0000 BubbaFan http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/2007/08/31/real-men-wear-pink/

On Tuesday, August 28, the Louisville Bats wore special pink jerseys in support of the fight against breast cancer. The jerseys have all been signed, and are now up for auction.

Ryan Jorgensen, Joey Votto, and Jay Bruce are tied for the lead at $260.

Ryan Jorgensen:

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Let's face a fact here. This is a team with a starting rotation of Harang, Arroyo, TBA, TBA, and maybe - with an outside chance as the fifth starter - TBA. So we aren't looking at a team like San Diego that has solid pitching and wondering if it has enough … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/08/28/bad-newsgood-news-on-the-reds-chances/feed/ 0 Klue For Krivsky: Keep Keppinger! http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/08/12/klue-for-krivsky-keep-keppinger/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/08/12/klue-for-krivsky-keep-keppinger/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:23:08 +0000 KC2HMZ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/2007/08/12/klue-for-krivsky-keep-keppinger/ Yes, I know the word “clue” begins with a C. That's called literary license; it is also called alliteration, beginning rhyme, head rhyme, or initial rhyme, to save you from having to scurry for your dictionary or grade-school English textbooks. But since you're here to read about baseball, not get an English lesson, let's talk about Jeff Keppinger, shall we?

With Keppinger hitting .354 and carrying a .302 lifetime major league average according to his page on Baseball … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/08/12/klue-for-krivsky-keep-keppinger/feed/ 0 Why do you continue to pay attention to the 2007 Reds? http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/07/26/why-do-you-continue-to-pay-attention-to-the-2007-reds/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/07/26/why-do-you-continue-to-pay-attention-to-the-2007-reds/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:10:07 +0000 KC2HMZ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/2007/07/26/why-do-you-continue-to-pay-attention-to-the-2007-reds/ As I write this diary, the current poll on the front page asks that question - “Why do you continue to pay attention to the 2007 Reds?”

Back in 1967, as a young boy, I attended a minor-league doubleheader here in Buffalo and saw a Triple-A rookie catcher hit a mammoth homer to win the nightcap for the home team. Some guy named Johnny. He's now in the Hall of Fame.

The next year, 1968, I flipped on a TV set early in the season and there was that same guy on TV, having been … [visit site to read more]

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So let's look at our current roster and see what we go, and maybe it will give us a better glimpse into the future.

1B: Scott Hatteberg / Jeff Conine (Platoon)
Hatteberg quickly became my favorite player this season. There is … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/07/06/reds-evil-twins/feed/ 3 Potential Managers http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/07/02/potential-managers/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/07/02/potential-managers/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:55:18 +0000 KC2HMZ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/2007/07/02/potential-managers/ First of all - I was somewhat surprised the Reds made Pete Mackanin the interim manager rather than Bucky Dent. However, I surmise from this that the promotion of bench coaches to replace fired managers is over in Cinci and that the search is on for a real manager.

That being the case (and I think it is), some possibilities:

Guys who managed in the majors last season who aren't doing so this year (so far) - Felipe Alou, Dusty Baker, Joe Girardi, Ken Macha, Frank Robinson, and … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/07/02/potential-managers/feed/ 10 Multiple sources say Narron is fired. http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/07/01/multiple-sources-say-narron-is-fired/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/07/01/multiple-sources-say-narron-is-fired/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:01:02 +0000 Redsfan68 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/2007/07/01/multiple-sources-say-narron-is-fired/ I can't honestly say that the wrong guy was fired, but I think Castallini didn't go far enough. Krivsky… you're next … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/07/01/multiple-sources-say-narron-is-fired/feed/ 4 Barry Bonds Breakdown VS. Reds http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/06/30/barry-bonds-breakdown-vs-reds/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/06/30/barry-bonds-breakdown-vs-reds/#comments Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:51:47 +0000 xjjeep90 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/2007/06/30/barry-bonds-breakdown-vs-reds/ Below are some of the numbers for Barry Bonds in his career versus the Reds. Bonds currently has 750 HRs and is on the march to break Henry Aarons all-time record of 755 HR in a career. Hopefully, the record tying or record breaking home run will not occur against the Reds when the Giants visit Cincinnati June 3-5.

Barry Bonds Breakdown
(2007 and vs. Reds SP)

All stats as of June 29, 2007

Bonds Needs 5 to tie all-time HR record, 6 to break it

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Something wicked this way comes…

June 2: Bobby Livingston sent back to Louisville, Marcus McBeth called up.

So long, and thanks for all the fish…

June 4: Brad Salmon sent to Louisville, Dewayne Wise DFA'd. (Wise was DFA'd to get him off the 40-man … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/06/11/tracking-the-transactions/feed/ 1 D-Day 2007 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/06/07/dday-2007/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/06/07/dday-2007/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:03:02 +0000 Zeldink http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/2007/06/07/dday-2007/ I did this for last year's draft, so I'll try to do it again this year, as well.

What players will Kriv-dawg pick this year? Will he grab a college reliever at the expense of offense? Or will he pick up a highly prized gloveman at the expense of the offense?

Today's the day when we get to see the Reds GM take a break from screwing up the team's present by screwing up the team's … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/06/07/dday-2007/feed/ 9 Nasty Newspaper Headlines http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/05/01/nasty-newspaper-headlines/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/05/01/nasty-newspaper-headlines/#comments Tue, 01 May 2007 22:06:40 +0000 Zeldink http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/2007/05/01/nasty-newspaper-headlines/ For your consideration, I submit this headline about a game between the Angels and Royals:
Royals To Get A Taste Of Angels' Colon

And I thought the short-lived Reds one about Narron looking for Hustlers was … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/05/01/nasty-newspaper-headlines/feed/ 1 "Mr. Peabody! We just lost second base!" http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/04/26/mr-peabody-we-just-lost-second-base/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/04/26/mr-peabody-we-just-lost-second-base/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:42:40 +0000 KC2HMZ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/2007/04/26/mr-peabody-we-just-lost-second-base/ The Reds have historically had problems with no-name pitchers or pitchers they haven’t seen a lot of. The term that Marty uses for it is Alex Madrid Syndrome, although I’ve always called it The Alex Madrid Factor. In any case, this begs the question of just who is Alex Madrid, and why do the Reds have an apparent curse named after him? I’ve been threatening to write this story for awhile now. Time to make good on it.

Sherman, set the wayback machine for the year 1982 … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/04/26/mr-peabody-we-just-lost-second-base/feed/ 0 Title? What Title? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Title! :-) http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/04/16/title-what-title-we-dont-need-no-stinkin-title/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/04/16/title-what-title-we-dont-need-no-stinkin-title/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:49:35 +0000 KC2HMZ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/2007/04/16/title-what-title-we-dont-need-no-stinkin-title/ I tried posting this while forgetting to enter a title, but the blog software here at Red Hot Mama promptly (and, I suppose, quite properly) scolded me for it. And so with apologies to The Blues Brothers, here's a contribution from the Crack Hard Facts Staff that some of you may find interesting…or maybe not:

1. The Reds pitching staff currently leads the major leagues with 91 strikeouts. The closest NL competitor is the D-Backs with 90.

2. Reds pitchers have allowed only 29 walks. … [visit site to read more]

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Ryan Freel CF
Brandon Phillips 2B
Adam Dunn LF
Jeff Conine 1B
Ken Griffey RF
Edwin Encarnacion 3B
Juan Castro SS
David Ross C
Kyle Lohse P

Lets hope the Reds can improve on yesterdays Goose … [visit site to read more]

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And there's a picture of Gapper. I know, not as scintillating as the cheerleaders, but I hadn't seen him in a while and was beginning to worry that furry mascot hunting season had been … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/04/06/reds-cheerleaders/feed/ 1 brennaman & brantley http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/04/05/brennaman-brantley/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/04/05/brennaman-brantley/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2007 03:40:55 +0000 sportznut5150 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/2007/04/05/brennaman-brantley/ Don't get me wrong i like chris welsh & george grande but thom brennaman & jeff brantley sounded like they had been working together for as long welsh & grande i don't think i've ever heard anybody do a better job of breaking down pitching like brantley did and thom brennaman is worth every cent the reds pay him ( unlike eric … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/04/05/brennaman-brantley/feed/ 5 Meanwhile, Back at the NL Central… http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/03/31/meanwhile-back-at-the-nl-central/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/03/31/meanwhile-back-at-the-nl-central/#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:38:54 +0000 KC2HMZ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/2007/03/31/meanwhile-back-at-the-nl-central/ On the even of baseball's Opening Night on Sunday - here are some last-minute tidbits from around the rest of the division.

The Pirates start the year with reliever John Grabow on the 15-day DL, and as of Friday it wasn't known whether 2006 NL batting champ Freddie Sanchez will start the season on the DL or not. Even if he plays, he had only seven ABs during ST so he might show some rust. Also, their closer, Salomon Torres, had a brutal ST with a 14.21 ERA over 6-1/3 … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/03/31/meanwhile-back-at-the-nl-central/feed/ 2 Poor Mark Prior http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/03/14/poor-mark-prior/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2007/03/14/poor-mark-prior/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2007 03:34:08 +0000 Zeldink http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/2007/03/14/poor-mark-prior/ With reports of Mark Prior's fastball reaching the mid-80's on a good day, I thought it would be a good time to check out the current Cubs news.

And here's what I found. Apparently, Prior is performing so poorly that there's talk of him spending time in minor league camp to bolster his confidence. Ouch.

Goatriders had a great take on that:

Hey, I'm just surprised … [visit site to read more]

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