Red Hot Mama http://www.red-hot-mama.com It sounds like porn, but it's Cincinnati baseball. Thu, 23 May 2013 21:18:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 2006-2012 jcross@starcrossonline.com (Red Hot Mama) jcross@starcrossonline.com (Red Hot Mama) 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 Red Hot Mama Red Hot Mama jcross@starcrossonline.com no no In brief: smoldering Reds to host Cubbies http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/red-hot-mama/~3/4AsdttLdeqM/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2013/05/23/in-brief-smoldering-reds-to-host-cubbies/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 20:47:34 +0000 Amanda http://www.red-hot-mama.com/?p=12308 Last game
The Reds completed a 3-game sweep of the Mets yesterday, winning 7-4. Mat Latos pitched for the Reds. He put in 6.2 innings and allowed 4 runs (earned) on 8 hits and a walk. In the seventh, when the Mets scored their third and fourth runs, the Reds only had 4 runs of their own, so it was looking a little dicey, but these guys battled back and tacked on 3 more in the top of the ninth.

Normally, Brandon Phillips’ 2-for-4 with a walk and 2 RBI would be a pretty … [visit site to read more]

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Mike Leake, fresh off the worries of being demoted to the minors for some up-start rookie, dominated the New York Mets last night, shutting them out for 7 innings, while allowing only 3 hits. The offense used a game plan that I think should be repeated in the future and scored all the runs the team needed in the first. Sure some of it was due to the Mets pretending to be the Cubs, but the results still had the Reds up 3-0 before any Met ever picked up a … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2013/05/22/in-brief-former-red-affeldt-overcomes-homophobia/feed/ 0 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2013/05/22/in-brief-former-red-affeldt-overcomes-homophobia/ An inside look at research at RHM http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/red-hot-mama/~3/yA2TGrCmRV8/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2013/05/21/an-inside-look-at-research-at-rhm/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 14:55:59 +0000 Amanda http://www.red-hot-mama.com/?p=12287 Today on Red Reporter the roundtable question is about Jay Bruce: will he always been an up-and-down kind of player, or is he figuring out a way to stay on the upswing for the long term?

I didn’t know the answer off the top of my head, so in a fit of desperation, I resorted to trying to actually learn something. This involved accessing two … [visit site to read more]

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The Reds’ offense was anemic yesterday, but it looked like their 2 runs would be enough until suddenly it wasn’t.

Leading 2-0 going into the bottom of the eighth, Jonathan Broxton appeared to get shaken up by a rough defensive play that put a guy on first, and so promptly walked the next batter. Sean Marshall was the one to actually allow the inherited run to score, but even that didn’t seem so bad. After all, it would be Chapman in the ninth.

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Tony Cingrani will now have to mow down AAAers.

Tony Cingrani did a most admirable job filling in for Johnny Cueto while our ace was on the DL. In 6 starts he went 2-0 with a 3.27 ERA. Among the starting … [visit site to read more]

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Get 'hit'. For great justice.

You have no chance to get him out make your time.

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Homer Bailey recorded his first complete game yesterday.

Homer Bailey recorded his first complete game yesterday.

Last Game
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The Reds have pushed Tony Cingrani back a day in their rotation, keeping right-hander Mat Latos on his regular rest, pitching Thursday in Miami, with … [visit site to read more]

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Donald Lutz got his first big league home run with some style yesterday. His 3-run dinger in the second inning put the Reds on the path for a 1-5 win and a series sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers.

The win gave the Reds a 4-2 homestand and puts their record at 22-16. Even that is only good enough for second place in the NLC, though, where the Cardinals have 1 more win and 3 fewer losses. And it only puts the Reds half a game up on the Pirates.

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]]> http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2013/05/07/larussa-baggery/feed/ 0 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2013/05/07/larussa-baggery/ In brief: knocking out Choo’s teeth and Phillips’ memory http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/red-hot-mama/~3/PZ6AcRNqhbw/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2013/05/06/in-brief-knocking-out-choos-teeth-and-phillips-memory/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 20:56:01 +0000 Amanda http://www.red-hot-mama.com/?p=12190 Last game
Yesterday the Reds completed a three-game sweep with a 7-4 win over the Cubs. You might think that doesn’t mean much, given the state the Cubs are in this year, but it certainly means better things than if they’d lost. All the games count the same when it comes time to pick a division winner.

Mat Latos has been amazing so far this season, but yesterday was a little rough. He gave up 3 runs (earned) on 6 hits and 3 walks through 5 innings. Sam LeCure gave up the … [visit site to read more]

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Johnny Cueto's first pitch of the 2012 season.

Johnny Cueto’s first pitch of the 2012 season.

Just as Johnny Cueto was set to begin a rehab … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2013/05/03/setback-for-cueto/feed/ 0 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2013/05/03/setback-for-cueto/ Realtor makes fun of client Joe Morgan’s house http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/red-hot-mama/~3/lgyHWusFO-w/ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2013/05/03/realtor-makes-fun-of-client-joe-morgans-house/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 14:16:48 +0000 Zeldink http://www.red-hot-mama.com/?p=12169 Hire Joe Morgan’s House
An outside view of Joe Morgan's mansion, for sale at $2.9 million. An outside view of Joe Morgan’s mansion, for sale at … [visit site to read more]

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The Reds couldn’t get a win for get-away day yesterday in St. Louis. The 2-4 loss pushes them back in to fourth place in the division, though they’re still closer to first (2.0 games back from the Cardinals) than they are to last (3.0 games ahead of the Cubs).

Homer Bailey was really great through 5.0 innings, allowing just one run (earned; a solo shot by Carlos Beltran) on 5 hits. Unfortunately for the Reds, he pitched 5.1 innings and ended up with 4 runs … [visit site to read more]

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