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Peavy Wanted To Be A Cub
Written by wrigleyville   
Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Barry Rozner has quite the story on just how badly Jake Peavy wanted to be traded to the Cubs last year:

Jake Peavy admitted Wednesday that he, as much as anyone, was pushing hard behind the scenes for a trade to the Cubs last year.

For more than eight months he dreamed of playing on the North Side of Chicago, and did all he could to help make it happen by driving the Padres toward a Cubs deal.

"The Cubs were great about it and (GM) Jim Hendry did all he could," Peavy said by phone from San Diego. "They just didn't have an owner. If they did, it would have happened. I have no doubt."

You may want to doubt that one, Jake. The new owner doesn't seem inclined to spend, spend, spend just yet.

Why was he so eager to join the Cubs?

(click "read more" for full article)

"Because I wanted to win a World Series and they were in a great spot after two years in the playoffs," Peavy said. "The big thing for me is they had the rotation, and I believe that's the best way to get to the World Series.

"With (Carlos) Zambrano and (Ryan) Dempster and (Ted) Lilly and (Rich) Harden, I thought we could have the best rotation in baseball."

And when he first turned down the White Sox, it was mostly because he thought the Cubs still had time to make something happen.

Now the rotation is Zambrano, Dempster and a broken Lilly. Well played, Cubs. Well played.



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Wow
written by Xoomwaffle, January 21, 2010
Until seeing Peavy, and then you, spell the rotation out like that, I hadn't really put all of that together. There would not have been 5 better starters in the league. I don't think anyone really would have been that close. That would have been such a ridiculous advantage come playoff time.

And now we are easily in the bottom half of the league... Man this post is depressing...
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written by wrigleyville, January 21, 2010
You're welcome!

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