“Fresh from the sticks,” “bright-eyed and bushy-tailed” upon making his way from Mobile, Ala., to San Diego, Jake Peavy eventually entrenched himself in America’s Finest City. In fact ...

Peavy had a full no-trade clause. He said no to the New York Yankees because it was so far away from the roots he’d put down in San Diego. But he was OK with Chicago. As OK as he’d be, anyway ...