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Thursday, May 15, 2008

STL Post-Dispatch: Izzy blows it again

Closer or not, Jason Isringhausen continues to blow games for the Cardinals. Thrust into an eighth-inning role today with the Cardinals leading Pittsburgh 5-4 at Busch Stadium, Isringhausen coughed up four runs—one on his throwing error and three on a Jason Bay homer—as the Pirates came back from a 5-1 deficit and won 11-5.
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“I don’t have any excuses, and I don’t have any more answers,” Isringhausen told reporters after the game. “I wish I could say my arm was falling off, but I can’t.

“I felt good today, my mechanics were in order, but the end result was terrible. I feel healthy, and my being healthy isn’t good enough. At this point, it’s a management decision (what to do about him). I’m embarrassed.”

Updated Post-Dispatch

Isringhausen and team officials have denied a physical ailment is the reason for his recent struggles; however, club sources indicated Thursday he has been receiving treatment on his arthritic left hip.
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The club is expected to put Isringhausen on the disabled list today or broach the possibility of designating him for assignment, a procedural move that would place him on waivers before reassigning him to a minor-league affiliate.

NTNgod Posted: May 15, 2008 at 11:17 PM | 11 comment(s)
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   1. phredbird Posted: May 15, 2008 at 11:24 PM (#2782820)
we knew he was going to be a source of worry, but the he11 of it is, everybody else is doing pretty well, so it makes it all that much more frustrating.
   2. Esoteric can feel Strasburg slowly slipping away Posted: May 15, 2008 at 11:26 PM (#2782821)
I feel sorry for Izzy. There's nothing sadder than when a pitcher has one of those "nothing is physically wrong with me, I just suck" moments in front of the press. And he's taking his medicine like a man.
   3. Sparkles Peterson Posted: May 15, 2008 at 11:47 PM (#2782835)
He's saying he's healthy and his mechanics are fine, but he was throwing his fastball slower and straighter than he ever has before. He stuck almost entirely with the 4-seamer today, and it averaged about 90 MPH, with a few in the high 80s per pitchF/X. Combine that with a curve he couldn't throw for a strike and Tony must have been the only person in the stadium who didn't see that big inning coming.
   4. NTNgod Posted: May 15, 2008 at 11:54 PM (#2782841)
Updated STL Post-Dispatch:
Isringhausen will be examined this morning by team orthopedist Dr. George Paletta. Isringhausen and team officials have denied a physical ailment is the reason for his recent struggles; however, club sources indicated Thursday he has been receiving treatment on his arthritic left hip.
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The club is expected to put Isringhausen on the disabled list today or broach the possibility of designating him for assignment, a procedural move that would place him on waivers before reassigning him to a minor-league affiliate. Either way, a roster move is considered likely.

"He's beside himself, puzzled, the whole thing. He's Problem No. 1 right now," La Russa said. Isringhausen classified today's expected move as "a management decision."
   5. Walks Clog Up the Bases Posted: May 16, 2008 at 12:58 AM (#2782874)
The idea of him being DFA is crazy to me. Seems like yesterday I was watching Jim Edmonds terrorize the Cubs on a regular basis and Izzy nailing down the saves. Now they both suck. Maybe the Cubs will make my hair fall out and acquire Izzy.
   6. 100 Years is Nothing Posted: May 16, 2008 at 09:17 AM (#2782983)
You take Marquis, we'll take Izzy to DFA later in the day.
   7. gef the talking mongoose Posted: May 16, 2008 at 09:28 AM (#2782994)
And he's taking his medicine like a man.


So's your mom.

Also, is that even legal?
   8. KJOK Posted: May 16, 2008 at 01:17 PM (#2783265)
He'll probably be DL'd, to work on his problems with a re-hab assignment soon, while Perez comes up and becomes the setup guy in front of Franklin, and then hopefully Perez takes over as closer in another month...
   9. Esoteric can feel Strasburg slowly slipping away Posted: May 16, 2008 at 04:37 PM (#2783506)
So's your mom.

Also, is that even legal?
Careful now gef, or you'll play out our new meme just as quickly as we beat the older one ("legal?") into the ground. It must be used wisely, only for the good of mankind.

BTW, Isringhausen has been placed on the 15-day DL with, of all things, a "cut on his right hand." Or so say the Cubs TV announcers right now.
   10. Harold Reynolds: An Erotic Life (AG#1F) Posted: May 16, 2008 at 04:57 PM (#2783546)
The idea of him being DFA is crazy to me. Seems like yesterday I was watching Jim Edmonds terrorize the Cubs on a regular basis and Izzy nailing down the saves. Now they both suck. Maybe the Cubs will make my hair fall out and acquire Izzy.

Me too. He was pretty darn good last year, wasn't he? 2.48 ERA and 54 Ks in 65 IP.
   11. retro-shiite Posted: May 16, 2008 at 05:41 PM (#2783575)
BTW, Isringhausen has been placed on the 15-day DL with, of all things, a "cut on his right hand."

Self-inflicted?
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