"I truly realize that the most important thing in my life is my relationships." "I'm truly as happy as I've been in all my life," says Peavy, who adds time away from the game has done wonders for him both physically and mentally. Jake's hope is that he can resume his career and go out on his own terms, not the world's. And if Jake has his way, Jacob will not be the only Peavy pitching this year: Jake is gearing his workouts for a showcase for big league scouts sometime around May 1, because Jacob has opted to live with him full time and isn't out of school until then. 22 will be un-retired this spring for his son Jacob, 16. He is working out, throwing regularly with his old high school team, where No. ![]() Maybe, best case, he can recover half of the money he lost. The endless stream of meetings with lawyers regarding what he calls his "financial debacle" appears near the finish line, too: He hopes for a resolution by the spring. 28, with Peavy winning 50 percent custody of his boys (who stay with him every other week). I went dark the past couple of years to get back to where we are today: full-steam ahead." "It's not a fun thing to talk about or to put on anybody else's plate. "I don't know if it's a pride thing or what, but I'm so reluctant in a lot of ways to even take somebody's ear when times are bad. "My friends, people around the league…I've had so many reach out and offer support in all kinds of ways," he says. Jake Peavy has been quietly working out on his own in Mobile, Alabama, in hopes of making a major league roster this season. The rest of that season, he was buried under an avalanche of depositions, lawyers and numbers he didn't fully understand, reeling from the shattered trust of a man he thought was his friend. Two days into San Francisco's 2016 spring training camp, the bubble burst: Peavy learned that a financial advisor to whom he had entrusted his retirement savings had siphoned away some $15 million to $20 million in a Ponzi-like scheme. ![]() "There's a lot of life going on around you that you can be blind to if you're not careful." "You get to where the San Francisco Giants' baseball game that day is the biggest thing in the world. "When you're in the baseball world, you're in a bubble," Peavy says, speaking slowly and choosing his words carefully on this chilly January morning. And a Cy Young Award winner (2007), and a Gold Glove winner (2012). ![]() With Boston in 2013 and again with San Francisco in 2014. Once, Peavy rode that duck boat like a bronco, soaked in the applause like a rock star and brushed the ticker tape from his shoulders like a world champion. Who can be sure? The owner, Jake Peavy, cup of Starbucks in hand, nods. "How late were you guys here last night?" the owner of the recording studio asks Molly Thomas, who was working the overnight shift with her own band, The Rare Birds, in Studio B.įour this morning, he is told.
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