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more about #jakepeavy more comments → Rozelle’s Bagman: JI more » Steve U: The deal hit a snag when Scott Boras insisted on a 5-year, $50 million contract for the towel. more » Gravy: Thome and Manny on the field together...this should be entertaining /Thome's fielding stats for 2008-2009 G: 0 GS: 0 INN: 0 TC: 0 PO: 0 A: 0... more » Disco Choo: Memo to Dodger fans: you will not get Thome in uniform until he has single-handedly squelched every inch of wild fire in California. [www.mlb.com] more » ManchuCandidate: Thanks for making JP Riccardi look like Branch Rickey, Kenny. Who knew that an OF who fails with men on base would fail in a pennant race? more » Steve U: And the New Orleans Jazz to Utah, where they don't allow music. more » Michael Dukakis: No Mets moves and Jose had a setback, Beltran may never fully recover ... goddammit. /kicks dirt /walks off more » White Speed Receiver: Good choice, Jake. Staying away from Kansas City will do wonders for your ERA. Did I really just say that? more » Doug Dascenzo's Only Fan: Does that picture mean that he elected to sign with the Racine Peaches instead? more » ToddMU03: Kenny can't trade away Beckham. His one-year anniversary of turning pro hasn't come up yet, so he is unable to be traded. more » Artie Fufkin: Checks my NL only teams.........whew. more » Artie Fufkin: I bet he rejects it. San Diego or Chicago? Gordon Beckham is a stud, so of course I bet KW traded him. more » ghostsoftheSCupcountry: Looks like me and Balls agree that this was news. Should have gone to the Braves though. more » ClintonPortishead: Ahh apparently if you click on "expand" it goes back to how it was. more » Katni: Ah! Why am I supposed to set fire to the page! And I'm being timed too!!! FIRE BAD! more » -
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White Sox Trade Jim Thome, Throw In The Towel
The White Sox, losers of four in a row, have fallen six games behind the division-leading Tigers. And since it's now September, there's really no point in trying anymore. Time to start shedding contracts and call it a season. More » -
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MLB Deadline Deals: Everyone Must Go
Victor Martinez to Boston, Peavy to White Sox (coughshoulderinjurycough) Washburn to Tigers (huzzah!), Orlando Cabrera to Minnesota, Scott Rolen to the Reds for some unknown reason, and Roy Halladay isn't going anywhere. Was it good for you too? [MLB.com] -
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Jake Peavy Says "Thanks But No Thanks" To White Sox
Jake Peavy loves batting so much that he can't bear to leave the National League, so he decided to reject the trade that would have sent him to the Chicago White Sox. Also, he knows how to read a box score. [MLB] -
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White Sox Fans...Meet Your New Starting Pitcher
Pending approval, Padres' ace Jake Peavy will reportedly go to the White Sox for some little people aka "prospects." [SI.com] -
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Hot Stove Roundup: Jake Peavy Spared From A Long, Cold Chicago Winter
It's over. They lived, they loved, they all said things they can never take back, but in the end, it was never to be. Jake Peavy will not be a Cub. More » -
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The NL's Best Pitchers Hunt And Hit College Bars Together
When we were the sports editor at the Daily Illini, Illinois head coach Lou Henson and his wife Mary invited us into their home, and we drank hot tea and ate chocolate on their porch while we discussed Jerry Hester, Kiwane Garris and next year's team. We are realizing today that we were sports editor of the Daily Illini in 1953, and after edit board meetings, we'd head down to the pond to go fishin' with Opie and the gang, or maybe take in a movie for a quarter. More »
