think blue (and sand and white)

Padres won today in SF on a solid performance by Maddux and some good hitting from Gonzales. It was a solid game and a nice way to start the season out on the raod.

As you all may know, a picture was released of Peavy with black stains on his pitching fingers from after his complete game the other day. Looking at the picture it does look a little suspicious to me, it looks much darker then just dirt and it is on only a few of his fingers (the ones he uses to pitch) but I still think Peavy is going to be Peavy no matter what, and he is a nasty pitcher to face…. one things for sure, he will have to be much more careful in the future about that as now the umpires are going to be watching him closely.

my favorite part of the article about his “substance” comes from Joe Torre:

Dodgers manager Joe Torre was hesitant to discuss the issue with reporters yesterday, saying he didn’t “want to make excuses for not winning. I didn’t suspect anything (Saturday). It was the first time I’ve seen him pitch.”

First time you seen him pitch you say? Well you must have been blacked out the day Peavy made his major league debut against your Yankees in front of 60,000+ and held them to 1 run on 3 hits in 6 innings after he had just been called up from AA. 1 run on 3 hits, pretty similar to what he just did to your current club Joe..

It bugs me how he says its the first time hes seen him pitch as if he is some rookie. This is the NL Cy Young and possibly the BEST pitcher in baseball…are you telling me Torre has never even watched him pitch a game on TV or anything? Is he that tuned out of the baseball world? I know the Yanks feel like they are in a different league than everyone else, but come on. We do know for a fact he has seen Peavy pitch and seen Peavy pitch well in his MLB debut

I also find it funny that Torre has gone from the cream of the crop of the baseball world to managing the dirty dodgers in LA. Whereas before he never even had to think about the San Diego Padres, now he has to face us in 18 games and we are one of the main rivals of the Dodgers. All of a sudden Torre not only notices the Padres but I am sure is going to lose a lot more of what little hair he has left after dealing with us all season long.

Mr. Torre…I guarantee by the end of this season you will have seen WAY more Jake Peavy then you will EVER have wanted to.