Billie Eilish gives Jake Peavy 'huge street cred' with son after wearing ex-MLB pitcher's jersey on 'SNL'
We still don't know why pop singer Billie Eilish wore a Jake Peavy jersey during the "Saturday Night Live" end-of-show good-byes, but the former Chicago White Sox pitcher is very happy that she did.
"I'm gonna reach out, I come in peace," Peavy, now an MLB Network analyst, told MLB.com's Matt Monagan. "I wanna sign a jersey for her."
Billie Eilish wore a Jake Peavy White Sox jersey on Saturday Night Live 👀 pic.twitter.com/begjMaB9wi
— Cut4 (@Cut4) December 17, 2023
Is Billie a White Sox fan? Could she not get enough of Peavy's nasty slider when he was on the mound? Maybe she just loved the black and silver? She certainly enjoys wearing sports jerseys during concerts and events.
Whatever the reason, Peavy's phone blew up as the SNL episode finished. Even for a player who won back-to-back World Series with other teams, as well as a Cy Young Award, the response was like nothing he'd ever experienced.
"My phone started going crazy when it aired on the East Coast and that went on into the night," Peavy said. "I don't know the last time something got that much traction in my phone with text messages."
What has made Peavy proudest of this baseball/pop culture crossover is how much cooler he feels after his 15-year-old son, Judd, enjoyed it.
"[Eilish] gave me huge street cred in my household and throughout the next generation," Peavy said. "Us in the MLB world are appreciative of what she does."
Cool with the teens? Wait until Peavy shows them this wild catch he made.
