Interesting rumor about Peavy...
by ryno4ever on Jan 26, 2009 4:03 PM CST
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Printso take this for what it's worth, but i thought it was worth sharing...
i work for a radio station here in chicago & as we were talking about the woodfield lockdown...somebody texted in asking why nobody was talking about peavy being in chicago 2day. i was obviously curious about that so i asked how they knew he was in town for a FACT and this was the response i got:
"I work at the airport for the airlines and I actually spoke to him and got an autograph - he wouldn't say much though - he did say again he would like to play here...I mentioned about having the new owner and he sounded upbeat about the fact that I said that Chicago would love to have him !
again, take this for what it's worth (could be a lie) but can anybody confirm or deny that peavy was or was not in chicago 2day?????
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I call bullshit.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jan 26, 2009 4:12 PM CST reply actions
Does it answer?
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Jan 26, 2009 4:12 PM CST up reply actions
too late!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jan 26, 2009 5:21 PM CST up reply actions
Oh now, that's just rank!!
IF IT TAKES FOREVER!!
by Cubfansince1957 on Jan 26, 2009 11:19 PM CST up reply actions
Nor should I have leaned against that...
…heat-sensing X-Ray machine thingy afterward either.
Consistent. Championship. Tradition.
Yeah, this does seem a little out there
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Jan 26, 2009 4:12 PM CST reply actions
Could be true
Could be true but I believe he has family here so probably means nothing.
Barbara V. October 14, 1941 - December 19, 2008. A great lady who was a friend to all and like a second mom to her children's friends (she was my best friend's mom)
reminds me of the movie "Wall Street"
but actually there is validity to this kind of stuff. When I was on a search assignment in the late ’80’s before there was security at the terminals we sometimes sent someone to O’Hare to watch who was coming in for interviews for a competing search firm.
This is why so many corporate jets and airports were created as it also provides a travel veil.
Piniella: "This is a tougher job than I thought it would be, I'm going to be honest with you."
I hope he is in town and scouting
real estate.
He’s said he wants out, the Pads are looking to cut payroll and he has approved limited locations.
All that and potential for the probable new owners to weigh in looks good.
Don’t tell Jblatt.
Not in my house either.
So that eliminates another part of Chicago.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Also not in my house...
I don’t live in Chicago. But that eliminates one of the non-Chicago locations in the world that he could have been. Which makes it slightly more likely that he actually was in Chicago. :)
I'm pretty sure the Royals aren't pursuing him.
I haven’t seen him in Kansas City today.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
He did not
deliver anything to my work, not walk my dogs, so SE Austin, TX seems to be Peavy-free
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
But I heard Ty Law was checking out real estate.
/old Chiefs joke.
"Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!" -Homer J. Simpson
He came because he's never seen snow before
If you had to choose just one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.
2day?
Brian McRae's 5 o'clock shadow
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Jan 26, 2009 5:03 PM CST reply actions
Peavy is not in Chicago
he’s at my place in Sacramento making his world-famous Turducken á la orange.
With an appetizer of
Monkey Ass on an Empty Clam Shell.
by Josh Timmers on Jan 26, 2009 5:12 PM CST up reply actions
He WAS in Chicago
but he was only changing planes on his way to St. Louis.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
I can attest that he is not at my house in STL
but he could be at my neighbors…
"When two Whales Fight, many Shrimp Die" - Korean Proverb
by TheRiot Police on Jan 26, 2009 8:55 PM CST up reply actions
I'm in a suburb of Chicago!
it’s just over 1,000 miles and a couple mountains and rivers away
Erm, well if we are going to call Milton Bradley nicknames, mine is Fischer Price: yes, you heard it here first..
Was he wearing a bronze suit and cowboy hat and standing on Michigan Ave?
If so then I saw him for sure.
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I wonder if in a year...
…we will be posting articles about possible Jake Peavy trades. The Ghost of Brian Roberts lives on.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
What airline
did this person work for? I have peeps at the port. Lots of peeps (not the yellow ones). Nothing moves in or out without my peeps knowing about it.
"You can't take life to seriously, you don't get out of it alive"
which peeps
the yellow ducks, pink rabbits?
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
This sounds like a post here a couple years ago
About how somebody who worked in the post office or for FedEx or for a moving company knew for a fact that Adam Dunn had been traded to the Cubs because he changed his address to a Chicago one or something.
"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion
If he was in to
try and buy the senate seat, tell him he is to late.
"You can't take life to seriously, you don't get out of it alive"
more info...
he was flying out this morning around 11am on american airlines (according to this same listener)
hey, i know this is only he said / she said….but as a die-hard who REALLY wants peavy i thought it was pretty interesting so i just wanted to share :)
"next year" is finally HERE!!!!!
It is not Bullshit
My wife got his autograph this morning as he left chicago for San Diego on an American Airlines flight @ 11:30am.
Even if he was here
the fact that he was here does not mean anything about a trade. The Cubs can’t talk to him since I believe that would be considered tampering in some regard. If he was here for a physical, the trade would have been announced since the physicals usually happen after the trade is first announced…i.e. trade is a go pending physicals.
My guess is this…He flew in to O’Hare from somewhere else (i.e. Alabama or Texas) to meet his connecting flight to San Diego. The only reason why he did not fly through houston is because he has a contractual obligation with the Internets that requires 1.2 peavy rumors per week until the start of ST.
"When two Whales Fight, many Shrimp Die" - Korean Proverb
by TheRiot Police on Jan 26, 2009 9:12 PM CST up reply actions
Make a scan of the autograph and post it.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Why bother - what would it prove?
People come to Chicago all the time. Even if he was here there’s no reason to believe it has anything to do with the Cubs.
Well, I was joking...
…but it would actually be kinda cool to see the scan.
Consistent. Championship. Tradition.
Are you the same guy?
Who saw Kerry Wood on a plane to NY? I can’t wait to see him closing at Shea this year.
I remember that, too.
Except I think the person who claimed to see Kerry was female, and I actually believed her. (Not that I don’t believe Peavy was at O’Hare this morning. It’s entirely possible.)
Consistent. Championship. Tradition.
That was Doggie, wasn't it?
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Jan 27, 2009 10:37 AM CST up reply actions
No, I think it was someone else.
IIRC, however, Doggie did see Jason Marquis on a flight, though.
Consistent. Championship. Tradition.
Wood
was at WF i heard for the Winter Classic, maybe he opted out of his contract with Cleveland and will resign after all
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
I'm getting Peeved.........
Reading all these lies and half-truths. I saw him at Midway this evening boarding a flight to Disney World.
If you had to choose just one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.
wow - now that's confidence!
And we all thought Dempster went out on a limb last year in spring training by saying we were going to win the World Series.
Here Peavy is already going to Disney World!
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
If Peavy really wanted to be a Cub and wants to play for a winner
He would tell the Kevin Towers that he would be willing to take a small pay cut or defer his salary. ( Like Andruw Jones did with the Dodgers)
This would then make him a lot more appealing to the Cubs,
Also, tell me if any of you guys were him. Would you not give up a few million. ( When you already have lots of them in the bank) to play for the Cubs, let along play meaningful baseball and a pretty much lock to be playing in October?
Come on, these guys have so much money that their grandkids kids don’t have to worry. When does it come down to being on a winning team and being happy?
Donald Fehr and a couple of his 'associates' would like to have a word with you out back...
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
You mean Moose and Rocko?
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Jan 26, 2009 8:27 PM CST up reply actions
If he would take a pay cut ...
then the Padres would ask for the whole Cub farm system. Also, if he took a pay cut the Padres probably would keep him for themselves.
Tamia Lynn Davis:
Born: August 18, 2008
Yea right, a couple million
is not what the padres are looking to save, you think 10 million dispersed over the next 4-5 years is going to save their franchise?
They are also looking for the whole Cubs farm system right now with the huge contract.
Even if that was the case, we can take the contract as it and Peavy could renegotiate it once he is here if he really wants to be a cub and win. I know I sure would if I was a multi millionaire and now all I want to do is compete for a World Series.
He will take a pay cut
right after Soriano does
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
Soriano is already here
He doesn’t need to nor would he as he is probably a me first type of guy.
How bad did he cry when Frank Robinson tell him he was moving to the outfield. The Cubs knew what kind of player they were getting.
Too bad Robbie's not here..........
…………to put Sori in his place. He takes crap from no one.
"Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle." ~ George Burns
See, this is why I come here.
People here know stuff about Soriano that noone else does.
"Thank god I threw out my belt & shoelaces."-Bernies Mustache Wax on Evil BCB, 7/31/08
i dont think so
that is why he swings a lot at shit pitches, he wants to help the opposing pitcher reach his strike out bonus, and is also helping the Cubs not hve to pay bonuses to others in the line up behind him since they wont make the RBI bonus clause.
see, it is his kind hert to others, and his financial wizardry that is helping the Cubs pay less than they might otherwise.
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
Uh Oh
Here is the old, “My friend knows a guy who knows a guy who is a real-estate agent who just saw Jake Peavy buy a house in the Chicago Area” type of deals. Total lie.
That's shitastic!
by CUBSfaninYANKEEcountry on Jan 26, 2009 9:37 PM CST reply actions
I was in San Francisco for work today...
…and I saw Peavy riding a cable car and eating a hot dog. I yelled,“Is there any truth to the rumor that you are going to be traded to the Cubs before opening day 2009?” And I am pretty sure that his response was to sing “Go Cubs, go!” But he was riding by on a cable car and his mouth was full. But I think it’s confirmation.
Actually, he said, "Slow, Bubs, slow!"
(Bubs is the most famous cable car driver in all of San Francisco, of course.)
Consistent. Championship. Tradition.
Why is he famous?
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jan 27, 2009 10:53 AM CST up reply actions
If Peavy passes through a Chicago airport....
and no one hears or sees him do it….
was he really here?
One of the great philosophical questions of our time. I will ponder this.
IF IT TAKES FOREVER!!
by Cubfansince1957 on Jan 26, 2009 11:20 PM CST reply actions
What is the sound of one of Peavy's hands clapping?
by Brett Taylor on Jan 27, 2009 7:02 AM CST up reply actions
strike three!
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Jan 27, 2009 10:38 AM CST up reply actions
Peavy may or may not be in Chicago but
there was a storyline on ESPN this morning running on the bottom of the screen saying that the trade may be back on once the ownership thing was settled and that Olson would be involved. They don’t run things on ESPN unless there is some truth to it. Expect to hear this stuff until a trade happens or opening day.
by Crazy Uncle Lou on Jan 27, 2009 11:04 AM CST reply actions
if it's on ESPN
doesn’t that mean he’s going to the Yankees?
"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella
by drewishdrewid on Jan 27, 2009 12:23 PM CST up reply actions
Or
BoSox
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
it is kinda weird....
that we had TWO people vouch for him being in chicago yesterday and now the trade is top story on mlb.com & espn is back on it…..just a coincidence?
i def hope not!!!
"next year" is finally HERE!!!!!
its a dervision
while they prepare to start up new Roberts rumors.
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
Ah alwuz hahted lohng dervision in skool
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Jan 27, 2009 2:24 PM CST up reply actions
heyz
i be it no dummie. enuff o dis dervision stuff that i be gooder at den you mite b-leave
"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic
Simple
He was here to have dinner with Brian Roberts and stare longingly at Wrigley together.
Barbara V. October 14, 1941 - December 19, 2008. A great lady who was a friend to all and like a second mom to her children's friends (she was my best friend's mom)
by puckishcubsfan on Jan 27, 2009 12:06 PM CST reply actions
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