Jake Peavy's Hand Newest Subject of Substance Abuse

Jake Peavy's great start to '08 has now come with some scrutiny. Saturday video images caught what appears to be some dirt on the reigning NL Cy Young award winner's hand. Peavy who in two starts so far this season has gone 16 innings  struck out 12 batters while giving up only five hits and one run. Oh, and that one run came on a ruling that probably could've gone either way, when Josh Bard slid into the dugout making an amazing catch with Rafael Furcal on third which in the rules allows the runner to advance one base. So the question is, is Peavy getting extra movement on his pitches with this dirty? Peavy who claims that it was nothing but regular old dirt had this to say,  "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 ... (link)