Peavy: My hands are clean

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Dirty Hand Raises Rediculous Rumor
Published 4/7/2008 by ryan at Friar Forum
... , saying it just the combination of rosen and plain old dirt. Peavy himself has welcomed a "hand check" anytime. FF thinks there is absolutely nothing to this. ...

Substance Seen On Jake Peavy’s Hand
Published 4/7/2008 by Melvin Nieves at The Sacrifice Bunt
... trouble deciding how much of that is just my desire for it to be true.  My heart wants to see dirt so badly, and the heart can take over the brain when it wants to. The brain in me thinks we very well could be seeing pine tar.  Why else would only three of his five fingers be covered in dirt?  Positive steroid tests are blamed on a tainted dietary supplement, and pine tar is played off as dirt.  That’s the system. Which brings me to my biggest disappointment: the response. “I laughed, to be honest with you. Anybody that wants to ...

Questioning Jake Peavy’s Dirty Hands
Published 4/7/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... somebody throwing a spit ball. Well, hit the dry side” - will never accomplish anything. We always thought Mike Wilbon of the Washington Post had the best take on baseball and cheating: “… Baseball embraces cheating. It’s part of the game’s lore…spitters and carving up the ball and sign-stealing and pine-tar and the like.” Nobody making big deal out of dirt spot on Peavy’s hand (North County Times Peavy: My hands are clean (Union-Tribune)

Peavy's Outing No So Special?
Published 4/7/2008 by Eli at MLB Rumors
... dirt, and pine tar from the bat. I doubt it was intentional, but he will probably need to close the door on the rumor. MLB cameras have caught a lot of players doing things like this. Manny Corpas of the Rockies was caught dumping Gatorade on his jersey before he went into a game, which would allow his hand to be sticky. Several players have been considered cheaters over the past 100 years or so, but beyond a select few, MLB has not taken any serious action. After checking the San Diego newspapers one more time, I came across this piece on Peavy. He seems ...

Jake Peavy gives yet another meaning to 'filthy'
Published 4/7/2008 at Big League Stew
... game against the Dodgers and doesn't it suspiciously look like Peavy is channeling his inner Kenny Rogers? The last time I saw a hand that dirty I was buying a hot dog from a New York street vendor. Of course, looking to cleanse the controversy before it even started, Peavy had a Sunday explanation for why his hand looked like it belonged to the guy at Jiffy Lube who tries to sell you fuel additives and air filters you don't need.  Peavy, from the San Diego Union-Tribune: "Anybody that wants to check me, feel free. There's ...

Is Jake Peavy a Cheater?
Published 4/7/2008 by McFleece at MLB Fleece Factor
... Regarding the allegations, Peavy and his manager called the brown substance dirt and the pitcher responded, “I’m not out there cheating. That’s the bottom line…Anybody that wants to check me, feel free. There’s nothing on my hands that’s not supposed to be.” (Source: San Diego Tribune) ...