My Evening With Jake Peavy

enjoy the front page

Good info re: Gonzalez and Jake being concerned about The Cell. Damn straight he’d better keep the f**king ball down.

Jake sounds like a down to earth guy. Kenny will be calling you soon with a gag order on the Gonzalez talks. Thanks for sharing your story.

That’s great to be able to chill with one of our top dogs. I love stories like this! Good job man.

I’ve been a really lucky Sox fan the last few years. I’ve been able to see them win a World Series, win their division again in ‘08, I was at the game where Thome hit his 500th career homerun, I saw Swisher hit a grand slam against the Cubs, and I was at Buehrle’s perfect game. I can’t complain at all.

And hopefully the meatheads (the ones who look like Mark David Chapman) don’t give him any crap about vetoing the trade in May.

As for A-Gonz: It makes sense that Kenny would kick the tires.

Glad to hear he said all the things you’d want to hear as a Sox fan, and was kind enough to chat with you.

Sounds like an average joe / blue collar type of guy, should fit in well with our fan base and team. His being great at pitching should also help, but him being a cool guy doesn’t hurt.

Did you get a chance to talk to Boo at the signing? He’s a total character!

Too bad you didn’t ask him if Ray Kroc would be part of any deal.

thanks for sharing this, sideburns. looks like you put on a few lbs. since purchasing that jersey though!
Totally kidding man, I’ve gained a few since Freddy was relevant myself, great post, way to bust on to the front page!

but can’t we go back to discussing the sound Stumpy’s dinger made last week and other important and scintillating topics?

Bruce Levin

The White Sox will sign veteran shortstop Omar Vizquel to a contract on Monday, according to a source close to the situation. The deal will be for one year at $1.375 million, a source told ESPN The Magazine’s Buster Olney. Vizquel, who turns 43 in April, will be a backup middle infielder.

Simply put, perception of effort is directly proportional to opinions of fielding prowess. Shane Victorino is widely regarded as a very good fielder, taking home two consecutive Gold Gloves—insert your own generic anti-Gold Glove comment here—while boasting the reputation of a high-octane speedster who covers plenty of ground. Unfortunately, these characteristics overstate what he brings to the table, especially in relation to Carlos Beltran, who covers more ground (at least before last season’s injuries) but in a seemingly nonchalant fashion. If each player starts in the same position and ranges to field an equidistant fly ball, Victorino’s hustle will create the illusion of a better play. If Beltran appears to have had little trouble reaching the ball, the play looks routine, and our minds tend to veer off into the wrong direction, assuming that Victorino’s ball was tougher to reach. By virtue of that, he made a better play.

In actuality, Beltran can travel greater distances with less effort, but his catch appeared mundane and no different from the dozens of fly-ball outs a fan sees each and every game, becoming easily forgettable in the process. Spatial recognition issues based on the television angles presented and the areas to which attention is drawn preclude us from grasping exactly how much distance was actually traveled. When this occurs, the backup generator in our minds reverts to assuming equal talent amongst those being compared, using effort as the tiebreaker in judging the quality of a play and player.

Things should work in the opposite fashion, with a realization that Victorino needed all of that extra effort to stand a fighting chance of recording an out, whereas Beltran put little doubt in the minds of anyone as to the play’s eventual result. Had Victorino made a diving catch, his actual range would be immaterial; a diving play is perceived to be great no matter what. In relation to his own abilities, the catch could be considered great, but the fact remains that he had to work harder to glove the ball. Beltran naturally reached the spot at which the ball would descend and should be lauded for having displayed such great range.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=9792

I loved the article, always liked Peavy but it’s good to know he seems to be so approachable in real life as well. Interesting that he’d bring up Gonzalez, but who knows how much that means at this point— I’d be one happy camper if the Sox ever landed him though.

Shawn, the friend of mine that I mentioned earlier, came up to Jake and I while we were talking and introduced himself. Shawn has one of those custom jersey shirts with Mike MacDougal’s name and number on the back, and he’s wearing it on this night. He tell Jake about it and turns around to show him the back of his shirt. Jake got all red in the face, laughed, and shook his hand.

One of the first video on YouTube when you search Peavy’s name is about him being saved and all that… but then you also hear about how much he likes to put back more then a few

Excellent post, and thanks for sharing.

Jake Peavy is legally blind. With the help of strong contact lenses, Jake is able to see.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Peavy

Dear owner of giant poodle at the dog park, please pick up ur dogs business and tell him to quit pissing on my head. Thanks, Espy

http://twitter.com/ESPY_TEAHEN/status/5985423777

Jermaine Dye: As with Damon, the change in his walk and strikeout data is a huge red flag, the kind of change—more of both—you often see when a player is about to collapse. Added to his decreased mobility, the change at the plate makes him a first-class “avoid” this winter, likely to fall apart and be out of the league in 18 months. The 27 homers are going to fool someone, and I’ll put the Giants, Reds, and Braves on the short list of candidates.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=9795

I would love to have a ball with those signatures, thanks for sharing!

nice to see peavy is a good guy. i got a chance to hang out with aj.. he’s alright too. picked up my tab….. and i didn’t even have to put out! :-D

when do regular season single ticket games go on sale?

very neat and cursive like, not all scribbles like some athletes like to do

I told Jake that I was only able to make it up to one game this season, but I was lucky enough that it was Buehrle’s perfect game that I saw. He said that was awesome and asked if I kept my ticket to which I replied, “Oh hell yeah. Of course.” I told him I’d tried to make it up to Chicago to see his White Sox debut, which is true, but I had trouble scheduling with work and I apologized. “That’s alright, man.” he said.

So I grab my beer and casually head over to his table.

Musta had your fake IDs.
;) Nice job kid.

it’s always enjoyable to read about down to earth athletes. reading about your chance encounter where you shoot the shit with a highly talented multi-millionaire over pizza and beer was niiiiiiice.

the teahen and vizquel moves are ok i suppose…. but the press and the sox themselves ( i got 10 facebook updates from riefert about it)…. are acting like this is a major move. Come on…. get real! maybe if it was 19 fucking 95 it would have been a major move. Now you are getting a guy that will bat 200 times at most. Sign or acquire a real fucking player for christ sakes.

Plus williams again ripping on Bobby. I am so sick of this bullshit with him and guillen ripping all of his players. Shut the fuck up already! First you are creating a bad clubhouse atmosphere…. Second you are lowering any value they may have… Third why do they have to be fucking pricks about every player for christ sake. Frank, Maggs, Crede, Vazquez, Swisher, Uribe, Carlos and now Jenks. I am sure there is more than that. Maybe this is why we haven’t signed an impact free agent since Albert Belle.

Does Pike County have an issue with the name WEEKLey? run outta letters or something…

did you tell him ground balls toward 2nd will be automatic outs?

:p