Ah nice. There in lies the difference between an annual pennant contender and an annual last place team. The Padres were saving Peavy for next season, because they could. Don't believe me? When was the last time you heard anything with regards to Chris Young? He was only supposed to miss a start or two, remember.
Peavy could face the Yankees if his timetable accelerates. The Sox visit New York on Aug. 28-30. ''That's the goal,'' manager Ozzie Guillen said. ''We look at the schedule and think that's the [series] we think he should be ready for. That's the biggest reason -- we have a tough schedule for the end of the season. Hopefully, he'll be there when we go there. I hope he'll be there before that, but that's what we're shooting for and that's what we should be doing when we go to Boston and New York.''I've got a feeling he's going to be out on the field sooner than what we think. I don't know why, but the thing we have going on right now, I think he sees his teammates, the way we work here, how we have fun. In the meantime, when the game starts, everything is about the game. ''The good thing is it's not his arm. We have one of the best trainers [Herm Schneider] in the game. Our medical staff is very, very good, and that's one of the biggest reasons the organization took a shot at him. Hopefully, he'll be healthy as soon as possible.''



