Red Hot Mama http://www.red-hot-mama.com It sounds like porn, but it's all about baseball. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:10:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 2006-2007 (Red Hot Mama) (Red Hot Mama) posts 1440 red hot mama, humor, comedy, sports, baseball, chicago cubs, cincinnati reds, houston astros, milwaukee brewers, pittsburgh pirates, st. louis cardinals 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 Red Hot Mama No no http://www.red-hot-mama.com/images/logo_rhm_rss.gif Red Hot Mama http://www.red-hot-mama.com 144 144 Juan Francisco Batting http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2010/03/15/juan-francisco-batting/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2010/03/15/juan-francisco-batting/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:10:06 +0000 Zeldink http://www.red-hot-mama.com/?p=3593 Here’s a short video clip of Juan Francisco at the plate for the Cincinnati Reds. This is from the game where he hit 2 home runs against the Chicago Cubs.
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]]> http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2010/03/14/goodyear-ball-park/feed/ 1 ST Game 8: Reds 4, Cubs 11 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2010/03/14/st-game-8-reds-4-cubs-11/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2010/03/14/st-game-8-reds-4-cubs-11/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:40:17 +0000 Zeldink http://www.red-hot-mama.com/?p=3574 The Cincinnati Reds made their first trip ever to HoHoKam Stadium to face the Chicago Cubs Saturday. Although they brought plenty of duffel bags, the Reds encountered a shortage of strikes in the 2nd half of the game.

Things started well for the Reds, with Homer Bailey throwing 3 innings of 1 run ball. Bailey struck out 2 and walked none.

After Juan Francisco hit his 2nd home run of the game, a 2-run shot thanks to Brandon Phillips clogging the bases, Bailey was in line to get the … [visit site to read more]

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]]> http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2010/03/13/hohokam-park/feed/ 0 Aroldis Chapman in Action http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2010/03/13/aroldis-chapman-in-action/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2010/03/13/aroldis-chapman-in-action/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:38:05 +0000 Zeldink http://www.red-hot-mama.com/?p=3568 Aroldis Chapman is the Cuban defector that the Cincinnati Reds signed and no one else did.

Much has been written about him, as would be expected when you have a left-handed starter who routinely touches 100. The list of left-handers with that kind of speed pretty much starts and ends with Randy Johnson. There’s lots of buzz, but the visit site to read more]

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People crowded underneath the stands behind home plate–yours truly included–to get an up-close look at one of those rarest of wonders: a left-hander with a 100 mile per hour fastball. Unfortunately, the bare-bones Dodgers spring training facility had no pitch-speed on the scoreboard, and I had left my radar gun unpurchased at the store. So I could only guess as to the speed of Chapman’s pitches. … [visit site to read more]

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Now, we’re sitting in our hotel room, thanks to being able to check in super-early, … [visit site to read more]

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Though these first couple games haven’t exactly been what Redsland would … [visit site to read more]

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Orlando Cabrera via AP via Yahoo! sportsThe game itself didn’t feel so great for the Reds, though, who gave up some big-time runs … [visit site to read more]

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  • Johnny Cueto, now entering his second full year in the … [visit site to read more]
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    EXPOS 5-11-0, at REDS 3-8-2 (10 innings)
    Runner-up for Game of the Day. Rogers and … [visit site to read more]

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    ]]>     http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2010/02/27/honorary-bat-girl-to-recognize-breast-cancer-fighters/feed/ 0     Aaron Miles has balls http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2010/02/25/aaron-miles-has-balls/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2010/02/25/aaron-miles-has-balls/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:08:37 +0000 Amanda http://www.red-hot-mama.com/?p=3526
    Reds Spring Baseball
    Aaron Miles carries the booty the Reds received for Willy Taveras. If the season gets boring, he’ll show off his juggling … [visit site to read more]

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    Jonny Gomes. AP Photo-Mark Duncan

    Jonny Gomes drops some of the $800,000 (with a $1.75 million club option for 2011 and hundreds of thousands in potential performance bonuses both years) from his newly signed major league contract on the hairstyle most closely associated with class and sophistication. (Deets via HMZ; … [visit site to read more]

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    Reds Spring Baseball

    His face says it all: “That bastard gave me non-fat … [visit site to read more]

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    Height is definitely going to be an issue with this year's team
    The real trick will be fitting the team back into the … [visit site to read more]

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    Ironic, since the Reds … [visit site to read more]

    ]]>     http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2010/02/18/pitcher-and-catcher-report/feed/ 0     Incredibly, Taveras Signs http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2010/02/16/incredibly-taveras-signs/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2010/02/16/incredibly-taveras-signs/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:14:18 +0000 Amanda http://www.red-hot-mama.com/?p=3509 Would you give this guy 400k?If the Washington Nationals have contributed nothing else to this game, they’ve given even the crappiest former-Reds (and some good ones, too) the opportunity to stay on the field far longer than they would have otherwise.

    The latest case-in-point, Willy Taveras. The deal must … [visit site to read more]

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    Now through noon on Friday, Feb 12th fans can register at www.reds.com/openingday for the chance to purchase up to 4 individual Opening Day tickets.

    There are a limited number of tickets available through this opportunity.

    Applicants must complete and submit the registration form online on www.reds.com/openingday to participate.

    Winners will be … [visit site to read more]

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