After beating the L.A. Dodgers by going nine strong on Saturday, Jake Peavy has started out as the best pitcher in the majors. He is now 2-0 with a 0.56 ERA.
Thanks to Hi-Def television, this photo was snapped of Peavy during the game on Saturday. Either he has shook hands with Kenny Rogers, changed someones tires during the seventh inning stretch, or he has some explaining to do.
Peavy did comment on Sunday, from the San Diego Union-Tribune:
"Anybody that wants to check me, feel free. There's nothing on my hands that's not supposed to be. I thought it was funny that it was such a big deal. I've got no problems with anytime anybody needs to check me.
"I can't imagine my hands being that dirty. That being said, you're hand doesn't look clean when you're out there. Obviously I pick up rosin, pick up dirt, I do hit."
The problem is that this is happened recently with Kenny Rogers for the Tigers. Except Rogers hand did look a little worse.
One is easy to be suspect after the start Peavy has had, but lets not get carried away here, he is a good pitcher. In my opinion, he is better than Johan Santana.
But if MLB is going to investigate this, how would they even start?
If Peavy gets shelled in his next two starts, then I will be suspicious. It's the same as some power numbers dropping so rapidly for certain players. If Peavy is indeed "cheating", and he stops now, it will be pretty obvious.
I don't think Peavy is cheating at all. I would need a lot more evidence and a lot more convincing. If we were talking about Kyle Farnsworth, who stinks it up every night in the Bronx, I would probably believe it, seeing how he hasn't shown a good performance in quite some time.
But we are talking about one of the best, if not the best pitcher in the game, Jake Peavy. He was tied with Chien-Ming Wang last season for the Major League lead in wins with 19.
So who is pitching for the Padres this season, the next Nolan Ryan or the next Gaylord Perry? You decide.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Is there a point to this article?
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Micheal Robinson about 1 year ago
is there a point to you being on here anonymous? are you running from the government?
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Derek Coffelt about 1 year ago
I would say the media is blowing this out of proportion. Jake Peavy is in the prime of his career and has no reason to even be suspected of cheating. Kenny Rogers is in the twilight of his career and would try to do anything he could to get back on top, if only for a short time. Rogers' hand appeared to have a shiny, greasy spot on it whereas Peavy just seems to have had some dirt clump up on his hand.
Everything is analyzed and over-analyzed in a split second now with the ever pervasive media. I know with the steroids era it made everyone rethink about the records being broken and what they were seeing as honest, pure baseball. However, why is it so hard to see a dominate pitcher in today's game without suspecting he is cheating?
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