Jake Peavy Almost Done Working On Bike

SAN DIEGO - In the middle of his complete-game victory over the Dodgers Saturday, Padres ace Jake Peavy reported that he was “super close” to being finished working on his bike. “Yeah, this is all bike grease on my hands,” reported Peavy after striking out James Loney. “At first I thought that I should just fix my old bike, but then I was like, ‘Hey, I could make a fixed-gear.’ I figured that’d be pretty sweet.” Peavy, whose hands were visibly scuffed as a result of the bike grease, didn’t stop there. “After I got Russell Martin to ground into a double play, I realized I was done with the new bike so I better look at the old one. It had a bunch of problems, so I had to get to work. I actually pitched the next three innings underhanded and lefty, just fixing the gears and stuff. Plus the bead in my back tire broke, so I had to stitch a new one out of the rosin bag.” The Dodgers, however, were not so sanguine about Peavy’s on-field extracurricular activities. ... [link]