Peavy excited he's not on Padres where "if things go right, well, maybe we can make a run"
by jbox on Jan 15, 2010 10:17 AM PST
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Jake Peavy is making the best of his time playing for the White Sox. Even though they were his second choice and he would have much rather played for the Cubs.
In hindsight..."Peavy acknowledged that the Cubs and Padres were more like temporary urges." From what I understand Peavy has a long history of giving into temporary urges.
All of those inspiring speeches about how he wanted to remain a Padre and win a championship for San Diego or the times when he sang "Go Cubs Go!" at the winter meetings. None of that meant anything.
Now that he's playing for the White Sox he's not concerned with personal glory he wants to win a championship with the boys.
" I want what the boys did in 2005. I want that dog pile, that memory, that ring. If you're not dreaming of that same thing, I question where you are as an athlete.''
I seem to remember Jake Peavy got "the dog pile" in 2005, only when he jumped in he broke his dumb ass rib and didn't tell anybody about it, resulting in a piss poor performance and blowing the Padres best chance of making a run in the playoffs.
'San Diego was my home for nine years, but I can't say how excited I am going to a team that has a chance to win a World Series, not a team that if things go right, well, maybe we can make a run. I never felt like this before.''
Peavy talking a big game then injuring himself or being just plain terrible whenever the chips were down contributed to the Padres being unable to win in the post season. Peavy choked in the playoffs and game 163 for that matter.
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Series | Rslt | Opp | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | WHIP | H/9 | HR/9 | BB/9 | SO/9 | SO/BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 24 | SDP | NL | NLDS | L | STL | 0 | 1 | .000 | 16.62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 2.538 | 16.6 | 4.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 1.00 |
| 2006 | 25 | SDP | NL | NLDS | L | STL | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2.250 | 18.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 2.00 |
| 2 Seasons (2 Series) | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 2.379 | 17.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 1.25 | ||||||
| 2 NLDS | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 2.379 | 17.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 1.25 | ||||||
I will do whatever it takes -- good, bad or ugly -- to win,'' Peavy said.
He should focus on "the good" because the bad and ugly didn't get his team very far in San Diego.
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He's confused
He doesn’t play for the Yankees or Phillies.
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p.s.
nice table
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who could forget game 163?
6.1 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 6 SO, 2 HR
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i smashed
my Jake bobblehead race car thingy in the 3rd inning of that game.
by schwing and a miss on Jan 15, 2010 11:06 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
TWSS?
"I'm a Padre at heart. Always gonna root for the Padres. Twenty-five years [with this organization], how can't you? Next year I'm gonna be rooting like a son-of-a-gun for these guys and for Blackie ... I'm gonna be rooting for the next general manager here, rooting for the city, the fans, everybody. I think a lot of San Diego." -Kevin Towers
by jodes0405 on Jan 15, 2010 7:27 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
God dammit, jbox.
I was having a nice day, enjoying some fresh fruit at my desk…now I’m all worked up and emailing a-hole baseball writers in Chicago.
Shit.
I don't come here to get all pissed off, jbox...
I come here to look at hot studs lounging around with their shirts off.
relax.
do your ashtanga breathing.
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I'd trust these to give my Socks a better lift over Jake.
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by Axion on Jan 15, 2010 11:24 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
Greened.
Banned from Arrowhead Pride... and Music City Miracles certainly don't like me very much, either.
"Ah act the way ah feel." --Elvis Presley
by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 16, 2010 9:14 AM PST up reply actions
I've said it before, and I'll say it again
Peavy should have gone to the Cubs since he shares their penchant for postseason craptasticness.
"And now for something completely different"
Arrrr!!! I'm so angry!!!
C’mon now. What do we expect Jake to say?
“I hate it here. I hate the Chicago fans — they aren’t as handsome and intelligent as the fans were in San Diego. I want to win a World Series so bad, but I think this year is the Padres year. Sometimes I cry myself to sleep at night thinking about how much I miss playing there. If San Diego was a lady, I’d make sweet love to her and melt down my Cy Young award to make her a beautiful tiara.”
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Jan 15, 2010 11:40 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Honestly
If we’re talking expectations, I’m disappointed he didn’t say he’s one of the best hitters on the team.
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by Axion on Jan 15, 2010 11:43 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Donny
In the process of blowing your new team, city and fans…you don’t have to simultaneously take a shit on your former team to prove your point.
I don’t care if he misses San Diego, the Padres organization or the fans. But to take some potshot about how they’re playing to win rings, while all we can hope for is to play well enough to score a run was a jerk-off comment and completely unnecessary.
"make a run"
Not score a run. As in, make a run to the World Series.
I don’t see what’s so offensive about what he said. It’s true. Pretty much the whole time Jake was here the strategy was to throw a bunch of guys together who may or may not win some baseball games. If, if the team does well, then maybe we might think about making a trade at the deadline to make a postseason run.
Whereas the White Sox are spending and gearing up every year with the intention and expectation of making the playoffs and/or World Series.
I’m not bagging on the Padres. That’s just been the reality of San Diego baseball. And Jake is 100% on the money in comparing the two. I don’t think he meant it as an insult.
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Jan 15, 2010 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
Donny...
I know. I know. I get what you’re saying. Maybe he did mean a run at a title….or maybe it was another shot at the run support he got when he was here.
I prefer to think it was the run support thing simply because I just don’t like the guy. But, I’m a total prick.
Stop saying bad things about Jake!
I mean, he still loves us, right? He’ll come back some day, right?
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Jan 15, 2010 6:24 PM PST up reply actions
Donny, you're out of your fucking element.
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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jan 16, 2010 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
I have to admit, though
that the “dip lip” fits the Sox uniform better than the Padres uniform.
"And now for something completely different"
douche chillllll
Big kid tested, mother fucker approved
by CurbEnthusiasm on Jan 15, 2010 12:30 PM PST reply actions
I told you so
He pissed me off at the season ticket holder meeting when he signed his extension. He was seething with douchery….
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
Whats with the outrage ..?
Peavy is right.
The Whitesox play to win, and he is excited about that. They pick up players, they make trades to fill holes. Their prospects are actual prospects. Kenny Williams is always active trying to get that team to a title. I’d be excited as a player too.
The Padres?
well …
552
They won the series the year he broke his rib. Maybe if he hadn’t have done that, he could’ve had a say on who won it that year. Other than that, really, what have they accomplished that the Padres haven’t? Lose the division series twice in the last decade? Check.
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theodore donald kerabatsos
answers this best up top ..
Pretty much the whole time Jake was here the strategy was to throw a bunch of guys together who may or may not win some baseball games. If, if the team does well, then maybe we might think about making a trade at the deadline to make a postseason run.
Whereas the White Sox are spending and gearing up every year with the intention and expectation of making the playoffs and/or World Series.
552
even if that summary were accurate, it amounts to roughly the same thing. weird.
I bet you were stoked when Doug Mirabelli said it was great to be back in the majors, too.
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oh you mean i was happy he went back to Boston ..
hell yeah … but a totally different reason ..
as a matter fact that was my turning point on Towers. Three moves made me leave his camp for good.
Mirabelli penciled in as our starter.
Vinny Castilla at third ..
and Todd Walker at third.
after that, KT and me were done ..
552
I sure did.
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It is like someone telling you
your brother is an asshole.
You know it is true but you don’t want someone telling you.
Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a baseball; inside of a dog, it is very dark.
--Groucho Marx.
That's it exactly
We all know this is what the Padres do. Peavy is acting like he never had the opportunity here. He had the opportunity and he blew it.
Jake will always be aces in my book
He balled every chance he got and never played for the money. He loved playing here for the Padres and didnt want to leave. I’m sure Jake feels worse than any of us do when looking at his clutch stats
If I pick it, I flick it
by Duke Street Kings on Jan 15, 2010 5:33 PM PST reply actions
We gave away a HOF pitcher
for some prospects ..
that’s what the history books will read. so sad
552
Let's just ease it back a bit.
That’s all I’m saying. Also, his health is going to be a huge factor.
at the end of the year
he will be 29, with 100 wins a 1500 K’s with a WHIP under 1.2
all he needs to do is stay healthy.
552
I have my doubts about power pitchers’ abilities to age.
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That, too, but
I’m not even counting that, just that age will slow his fastball and who knows what’ll happen then.
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And waaayy too many pitches.
How many times did we see him the 8th? Or even the 7th?
I’d love to know how many pitches he’s thrown over his career in relation to some other guys with the same amount of innings.
Why? Roger Clemens aged just fine.
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Jan 15, 2010 6:42 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
nice
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Wow
How do his nuts taste?
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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jan 16, 2010 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
Pretty funny stuff
The White Sox are basically in the same position the Padres were in from 2004-2007. It’s funny that Jake can’t see that.
I'm the first person to admit that I'm wrong about a lot of things, but I'm going to be the last person to admit I'm wrong about what we're currently talking about.
Lightbulb
Make the Chisox owner(s) get a divorce in the state of California and it’ll be Peavy’s own personal Twilight Zone.
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Man you guys can't get over anything
Well I guess that’s what happens when you root for a team that has about 7 people at the park each game.
Good one
How’s Charlie Weis? Any championships for the Mariners or Mavericks yet?
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by Wonko on Jan 15, 2010 10:59 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Hey Wonko--
Who do you think the Rams will use their first-overall pick on?
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by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 16, 2010 9:18 AM PST up reply actions
I'm thinking
A football player?
I'm the first person to admit that I'm wrong about a lot of things, but I'm going to be the last person to admit I'm wrong about what we're currently talking about.
He would be the first on their roster!
rimshot
Banned from Arrowhead Pride... and Music City Miracles certainly don't like me very much, either.
"Ah act the way ah feel." --Elvis Presley
by StrangeBroP25 on Jan 16, 2010 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
Stellar
Jake has an amazing track record of postseason and big stage (i.e. WBC) success. Good luck and good riddance.
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