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Jake Peavy pulled a Kenny Rogers and has a substance on his hand [link]

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    Does it surprise anyone that in a world of steroids, HGH and whatever else players can get their hands on, that players are trying to get any edge they can?
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Is Jake Peavy a cheater?
Published 4/6/2008 by Michael Milici at Bugs & Cranks
... An eagle-eyed viewer of the Dodgers/Padres game noticed something strange on Jake Peavy’s fingers after he tossed a complete game, 2-hit shutout yesterday: ...

This Week in Bloggernets: Final Four time, baby
Published 4/6/2008 by Dan Lamothe, Red Sox Monster at Red Sox Monster - MassLive.com
... ) -- Is Jake Peavy cheating with his pitches? I'd love to here an explanation for this. ( The Big Lead ) -- Fire Joe Morgan takes it to the blogosphere haters in mainstream sports media. ( ...

Jake Peavy Should Invest in Some Handi-Wipes
Published 4/6/2008 at The Sporting Blog
By Will Brinson [image] Courtesy of TBL comes these screen shots of Jake Peavy just casually rolling around the ballpark last night, while tossing a complete game gem, shaking people's hands with a icky brown looking substance smeared all over his fingertips. Now, such an event would just be awkward and unsanitary anywhere else, but on the baseball field, it reeks of allegations and questionable behavior. For instance, everyone remembers Kenny Rogers' rocking out a smeared substance during the 2006 World Series. Innocent or not, when you have brown pine-tar-like goo ...

What's On Jake Peavy's Fingers?
Published 4/6/2008 by Josh Alper at FanHouse
... A reader of the Big Lead was watching the postgame handshakes after Peavy shut down the Dodgers on Saturday afternoon and noticed something dark and, possibly, sinister on his right hand. He sent the above screen capture along and it certainly looks like a right handed version of ...

Abraham Linkin - 4/6/08
Published 4/7/2008 by George at SportsTsar.com
Barry Melrose - best mullet in the universe (Barry Melrose Rocks) Moneyball takes to the pitch - no pun intended (The Wages of Wins Journal) The latest in sports imagery controversy - Dick Vitale (The Big Lead) The FInal Four in pictures - complete with side boob! (Joe Sports Fan) For that competitive advantage, Jake Peavy minimizes the amount of toliet paper squares used (The Big Lead) It’s April, but ...

Dirty Hand Raises Rediculous Rumor
Published 4/7/2008 by ryan at Friar Forum
A blog has noticed what appears to be a dirty Jake Peavy hand, insinuating that he may be doing untoward. Bud Black has come to Peavy's defense, 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. ...

Diamondbacks 5, Rockies 2: The Late, Late, Late Show
Published 4/7/2008 by Jim McLennan at AZ Snakepit: Front Page Posts
... Meanwhile, Jake Peavy got caught with his hand in the cookie-jar - and going by the photographic evidence, looks like he was after a chocolate one. Surely the reigning Cy Young winner wasn't...cheating, was he? "He had dirty hands", ...

Jake Peavy, Cheater?
Published 4/7/2008 by Brad at Chuckie Hacks
... I love a good sports cheating scandal. Looks like SD hurler Jake Peavy had a little "substance" on his hands during his mowing down of the Dodgers. Hmmmm, interesting....looks like Jake has a little explaining to do. From TheBigLead.com . [image] Posted by Brad at ...

Jake Peavy Doesn't Have Hand [MLB Closer]
Published 4/7/2008 by Rick at Deadspin
... Before we get to Sunday's action, here's what they're saying about the Jake Peavy spitball controversy from over the weekend ... ...

BLOG ROUNDUP
Published 4/7/2008 by World of Isaac at The World of Isaac
... Kelly Kapowski is gettin soft {On 205th} Sharapova and Kournikova together at last {The Angry T} Mike Vick stars in the real life version of "The Longest Yard" {Sportsbybrooks} Is Jake Peavy cheating? {The Big Lead} Interesting facial expressions of Sonic Dancers {Busted Coverage}

Jake Peavy gives yet another meaning to 'filthy'
Published 4/7/2008 at Big League Stew
... ), please meet our first "blogs meet baseball" moment of the season: The picture to the right is of Jake Peavy's right hand during Saturday's game against the Dodgers and doesn't it suspiciously look like Peavy is channeling ...

ZONER’S MONDAY MORSELS
Published 4/7/2008 by The Zoner at Zoner Sports
I think we all had the Tigers as being the last winless team…right? To the morsels… The Big Lead has photos of Jake Peavy’s dirty hand. Is it cheating? Peavy and his manager defend him over here. I think Peavy makes some sense, but how long until an opposing manager asks for him to be checked? I don’t know how I missed this. “Smiling Bob” better get soap on a rope. Looks like he’s going to the clink. Apparently Derrick Rose needs a nutritionist. “He eats Gummy Bears and ...

Hot Clicks
Published 4/7/2008 at SI.com - Extra Mustard
... Thank God for blogs. How else would we have known the real reason behind Jake Peavy's stellar two-hit complete game against the Dodgers on Saturday? Was Peavy eating a brownie between pitches on the mound or doing something more dastardly? ...

Jake Peavy Caught Dirty Handed: You Believe Him?
Published 4/7/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... A commenter over at the Big Lead caught this screen shot of Jake Peavy after his win Saturday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers, which of course instantly reminds you of the Kenny Rogers hand during the 2006 World Series. ...

JSF Press Release :: President Joe Mustache Deems Imig Purveyor of Online Poop
Published 4/7/2008 at JoeSportsFan.com
... Sunday morning, Imig received photographs from a TBL reader of Padres starting pitcher Jake Peavy.  The photographs showed what appeared to be brownish stains and substances on his throwing hand.  After un-careful observation, Imig posted the photographs under the heading, "Jake Peavy: Filthy Cheater or Just Bad at Wiping?". ...

MLB Superlatives: Rosin, Resin. Same Thing.
Published 4/7/2008 by Nick Dallamora at FanHouse
Filed under: Detroit, Tigers, Padres, AL Central, NL West, San DiegoMost Poop Jokes Per Innings Pitched: Jake Peavy So we're all savvy to the screen grab posted by The Big Lead of Jake Peavy's tainted (oh yes, very intentional) right hand. Or maybe you read about it on Bugs and Cranks, YardBarker, the Deadspin comments section, Dodger Blues, or our own Will's post on Sporting Blog. Any way you cut it, we can all agree that doo-doo is brown and still funny after all ...

Jake Peavy Should Invest in Some Handi-Wipes
Published 4/13/2008 at The Sporting Blog
By Will Brinson [image] Courtesy of TBL comes these screen shots of Jake Peavy just casually rolling around the ballpark last night, while tossing a complete game gem, shaking people's hands with a icky brown looking substance smeared all over his fingertips. Now, such an event would just be awkward and unsanitary anywhere else, but on the baseball field, it reeks of allegations and questionable behavior. For instance, everyone remembers Kenny Rogers' rocking out a smeared substance during the 2006 World Series. Innocent or not, when you have brown pine-tar-like goo ...

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