HBW: In Search of the Elusive Jamie Kotsay
Bigfoot. The Loch Ness Monster. The Yeti. A Devil Rays fan.
Yes, the world is full of myths and legends about shadowy, elusive, one-of-a-kind creatures who may or may not even exist.
But now you can cross Jamie Kotsay off that list, for we here at umpbump can attest to the fact that she does exist and pretty much everything that has been said about her is true.
It has been well documented that many famous athletes, and baseball players in particular, often have scorching hot wives. But what has been harder to prove was the contention that Mark Kotsay just may have the hottest wife of them all…
You see, it all started back in the late 1990s when Mark Kotsay first made it to The Show. At each city Mark played in, fans of that team would begin to report sightings of his incredibly, unbelievably, scorching hot wife. They said her name was “Jamie.” They claimed that this one time, at the fan convention, they caught a brief glimpse of her between a gap in the crowd, but when they got closer she had vanished. Or that this other time, at this one game, in the 6th inning, she flashed briefly on the jumbotron screen to make a public service announcement or something.
And pretty much everyone agreed she was the hottest baseball wife they had ever seen.
But the problem was, try as everyone might, nobody could find a picture of her! The claims could not be corroborated! Soon message boards with thousands of threads grew up around her legend. Search engines were bombarded with her name. Cults grew up around the fervent belief that she really did exist, and that she really was the hottest wife in the game. And still no picture could be found!
But then finally, last summer, this shot appeared on an Athletics blog!
For a long time, this picture was the only picture of Jamie Kotsay making the rounds on the blogs, but it certainly went a long way toward substantiating the myth! With the letters K–SA- clearly visible, it was almost certainly her, and the picture certainly lent itself to an interpretation of potential hotness of great magnitude. But while this view definitely had its merits, all true Jamie Kotsay sleuths knew in their heart of hearts that in the end a view from the front would be required to truly assess Jamie’s ranking in the pantheon of hot wives.
That’s were we come in. Finally, this spring, we here at umpbump decided enough was enough and agreed to take up this difficult case, if only for the good of science.
Although we certainly did not have either the time nor the inclination to read through the voluminous discussion boards dedicated to Jamie Kotsay’s legend, we did happen to have secret knowledge of some ancient ninja web-searching techniques, so we put it to good use compiling what we believe is the largest single collection of verified Jamie Kotsay pictures on the internet.
Judge for yourself if the legends are true after the jump…
In the rest of the pictures, Jamie is always the one on the left…
May 9th, 2007 at 11:00 am
Forget ventilated batting helmets. Brad Penny rocks the ventilated pants.
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May 9th, 2007 at 11:17 am
E1, dropped fly.
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May 9th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Dice K has the gyro ball and Penny’s got the Zipper pitch
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May 9th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Thanks for the love!
So next time, Penny. To zip or no?
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May 10th, 2007 at 4:40 am
Let there be no doubt as to “Who’s the Boss.”
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May 14th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
Hot? Yes. The Hottest? Not even close.
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May 14th, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Legs for days…
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May 14th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
Should I read anything into the fact that all but two of the photos in this post are missing? Is it that Jamie is so gobsmackingly beautiful that mere mortals can’t lay eyes (or anything else) on her lest they be transformed into a pile of rosin powder?
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May 14th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Oh, there she is. Yeah, pretty hot – and also very, very cute, which just adds to the hotness. She looks like the kind of woman who would bake you an apple pie, serve it with ice dream, and then do you in the kitchen until your eyes pop out.
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May 14th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
I’m a Devil Rays fan. Do you need pictures of me (perhaps wearing a D-Rays hat) to verify my existence?
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May 14th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
But why is she always on the left? Could she be horibly disfigured on the left side of her face? The mystery continues.
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May 14th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Well done Mark Kotsay.
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May 14th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
E. Dukes, the difference between a D-Rays fan and a hot baseball wife is that D-Rays fans are pathetic, while hotness is always hot. So no, no one wants to see any pictures of you, with or without a D-Rays hat. Thank you.
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May 14th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Yes, Mama Kotsay is all sorts of hotness… but who’s the foxier fox on the right?
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May 14th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
What a set of legs and an ass. I can’t say that she is the hottest ever though. She doesn’t take a perfect straight on face pic, which is a requirement to date me.
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May 14th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Oz, which right are you referring to? I hope it’s not the one holding the baby. (Though for a challenge, try staring into her eyes for a minute. without crying or laughing.)
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May 14th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
Jock sniffing of the highest order.
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May 14th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
good face. great legs. unbelieavable ass. wow. a perfect 11.
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May 14th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
Here are more photos of Mrs. Kotsay and other hot A’s wives:
http://www.athleticsnation.com/story/2006/6/25/143535/266
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May 14th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Re: Murderface – “hotness always stays hot.”
If that’s true, how do you explain Spears, Britney and Lohan, Crackho?
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May 15th, 2007 at 10:26 am
As usual, when something gets built up to this degree, there’s a bit of a letdown. Not to say she isn’t hot – she certainly is, but I’d probably have to see her in the wild to truly appreciate it.
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May 15th, 2007 at 7:19 pm
Apparently “Donkey Carnival” is a nom de plume for Daniel Craig. Dear Mr. Craig, I thoroughly enjoyed seeing you in Casino Royale (and in those swim trunks).
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May 15th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Under-rated parts of these pictures:
(1) Her batting stance is almost picture-perfect. Much better than mine, but that’s not saying much.
(2) Is that Matt Cain in the upper left corner of the very top picture? Hah, what’s he doing there?
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May 16th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
The JK in the field shot was taken at the annual A’s-Giants wives softball game, so Master Cain was there to support his wife/girlfriend as well as his teammates’.
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May 17th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Did Cain’s girlfriend and wife play on the same or opposing teams?
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June 6th, 2007 at 2:31 am
I was in a club suite at tonights game and was able too meet Jamie Kotsay and man can I say she is hot in person. The pictures don’t do justice
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July 1st, 2007 at 8:56 am
Man, I must be the only one who thinks these women aren’t really anything special. They look like what most run of the mill good looking chicks look like these days, nothing more.
Are we grading on a curve??
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July 9th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
what about mS alex rodriguez???? thats hot
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July 11th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
The wives/girlfriends of the A’s and Giants have an annual softball game before one of their interleague games so the A’s wives-g/f face the Giants wives-g/f.
The woman in the right of most of the photos (wearing the #3 jersey) is Alex Chavez, wife of third baseman Eric Chavez.
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August 6th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
Looks like they are keeping the trend with hot wives on the team down in Sactown. Rivercats wives were out last night at the game wearing their husbands jerseys. Putnams wife very girl next door cute. Meyers chic legs legs legs. Merlonis wife hot hot hot. Any chance on getting pictures of these girls??? Keep up the good work guys!!
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November 17th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Wow, all the A’s wives are bottle-blondes. Er…classy.
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January 13th, 2008 at 6:23 am
Welcome to the Braves, Mrs. Kotsay.
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February 8th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
She does exist..she was my college roommate and she also a nice person…not JUST HOT!!!
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February 8th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Gina G, right on! In my opinion, it takes more than being “just hot” to be a truly hot baseball wife.
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February 9th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
I’m just kidding..I’m actually a blonde as well. sometimes I don’t know what I’m saying…
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March 15th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Holy SH**! She Officially now is THE hottest wife in Baseball. Reason being; she doesn’t look all plastic like the rest of the trophy wives.
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March 19th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I love Jamie
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April 23rd, 2008 at 3:36 pm
I think that jamie is very hot and a turn on. I don’t look at other women but, I just can’t help but wonder what she would be like. You know what i mean
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May 22nd, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Any truth to the rumor they are now divorced?
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