Monday is Hot Baseball Wife Day here at UmpBump, and this week’s honoree is Heidi DeRosa, the wife of Cleveland Indians infielder Mark DeRosa.

Heidi is a retired fashion model, who used to work the cameras under her maiden name “Heidi Miller.” Other than that very little is known about her, at least on the internets. The couple was married in 2003, and they have one child, daughter Gabriella.

Last fall Heidi DeRosa was voted “hottest wife in baseball” by the readers of fantasy site Fantasy Baseball Dugout. Frankly, we here at UmpBump wouldn’t necessarily go quite that far, as there are many other contenders, but you can be the judge yourself.

More pictures after the jump…

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Free agents are signing! Free Agents are signing! And they’re signing with the Cubs, of all teams.

First Kerry Wood re-upped with the Cubies (isn’t re-upped one of the all-time great words?). Then Aramis Ramirez joined him. Now Mark DeRosa has signed on with the world’s most depressing franchise.

But the Cubs aren’t the only ones making noise in the free agent market. The Mets have re-signed El Duque to a two year deal and the Phillies have re-signed Jamie Moyer. 

Then there’s the Red Sox who, as Nick mentioned, are chasing Julio Lugo and J.D. Drew. What a fun team that would make, eh? Wouldn’t you just relish the chance to chear for a team with Manny being Manny (skipping games), J.D. being J.D. (getting hurt and asking for more money) and Julio being Julio (hitting his wife and bitching about playing time)? Oh and don’t forget about Josh being Josh (getting blisters and picking fights) and Keith being Keith (wishing he were hunting instead of pitching).