Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove wears Jake Peavy's number out of respect; Peavy to throw out first pitch before Musgrove's start Saturday against Dodgers
“I got an autograph from him when I was a little kid,” Musgrove said earlier this week. “Talked to him a little bit.”But Friday afternoon at Petco Park was the first time major league pitcher Joe Musgrove met former major league pitcher“I know too many people that know Joe and who he is and what he’s about and the way he treats others and his work ethic,” Peavy said. “What a thrill to be now roles reversed. I’m his fan now.
While the initial idea was that Peavy would wear a Musgrove jersey, it has been decided Peavy will wear a No. 44 jersey with his own name on the back.On Friday, he wore a brown t-shirt with yellow letters: lfgsd. “I lived here for almost 10 years,” he said. “Even when I got traded to Chicago, I stayed until 2011. This was the only place of the four places I played that my family lived. We were in school. We were here year-round.”
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