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metsguyinmichigan Mar 01 2011 08:10 AM

So is Isringhausen getting a real shot to make the team, or do you guys think this is kind of a close the circle, go out as a Met curtain call, like the one HoJo got in the 90s?

Edgy DC Mar 01 2011 08:17 AM Re: Izzy

Real shot. The Mets need armz (armz that get outz) and things are too serious to be playing a strange PR game.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 01 2011 08:17 AM Re: Izzy

I like his chances. The fact that he walked in off the street and could presumably be the Mets closer (I mean, he could fake it at any rate) really says all you need to know about how retarded the whole K-Rod fisaco is.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 01 2011 08:46 AM Re: Izzy

I think his audition is real. More David Cone 2003* than Howard Johnson 1997. *But hopefully a better ending.

metirish Mar 01 2011 08:53 AM Re: Izzy

Does he drive a Lamborghini?, it's a good indicator for how hard he can throw.

The Second Spitter Mar 01 2011 08:59 AM Re: Izzy

Just as along as he's not using the Lambo as a taxi.

The Second Spitter Mar 01 2011 09:10 AM Re: Izzy

OK Trivia Time: Rank these three according to all-time saves. Izzy, Frankie, Armando.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 01 2011 09:11 AM Re: Izzy

312

The Second Spitter Mar 01 2011 09:12 AM Re: Izzy

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: 312 Nah.

Edgy DC Mar 01 2011 09:17 AM Re: Izzy

132

The Second Spitter Mar 01 2011 09:20 AM Re: Izzy

Edgy DC wrote: 132 Aye, you got it. (1) 293, (3) 289, (2) 268.

metirish Mar 01 2011 09:23 AM Re: Izzy

Benitez 1 Izzy 2 K-Rod 3

Edgy DC Mar 01 2011 09:27 AM Re: Izzy

Hey, man, I got it. I'm already driving the orange-and-blue Range Rover Second Spitter gives to the winners of his trivia contests.

The Second Spitter Mar 01 2011 09:40 AM Re: Izzy

Your prize is a copy of The Miracle Has Landed -- I can get the author of the Don Clendenon article to personally autograph it for you, if you like.

TransMonk Mar 01 2011 10:02 AM Re: Izzy

I'm rooting for him. He always kinda sucked as a Met after being so highly touted. He went on to have a pretty nice career, but I'd like to see him give some positive contribution to the blue and orange.

Ceetar Mar 01 2011 10:04 AM Re: Izzy

There are very few set spots in the bullpen and it's a very fluid thing anyway. I think he's got a shot, especially if he's willing to pitch in Buffalo in April and consider a callup if someone else sucks/gets hurt/punches an asshole.

Edgy DC Mar 01 2011 10:13 AM Re: Izzy

TransMonk wrote: I'm rooting for him. He always kinda sucked as a Met after being so highly touted. He went on to have a pretty nice career, but I'd like to see him give some positive contribution to the blue and orange. He had half a rookie-of-the-year season in 1995, for what that's worth.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 01 2011 10:36 AM Re: Izzy

Does he drive a Lamborghini?, it's a good indicator for how hard he can throw. Just spit out part of my sandwich. Thanks. (Speaking of which... Do I have a fixed rookie-year image of him in my head, or does it look like Izzy maybe should have done the same re: sandwiches a few times over the last couple of years?)

G-Fafif Mar 01 2011 10:44 AM Re: Izzy

Izzy wears that been around the block look in 2011 that Duke Snider carried in 1963. Which is perfectly reasonable but a bit jarring considering it's always 1995 in my mind when Izzy appears.

Willets Point Mar 01 2011 11:48 AM Re: Izzy

Edgy DC wrote: TransMonk wrote: I'm rooting for him. He always kinda sucked as a Met after being so highly touted. He went on to have a pretty nice career, but I'd like to see him give some positive contribution to the blue and orange. He had half a rookie-of-the-year season in 1995, for what that's worth. 20-4 record for Binghamton, Norfolk, and New York that season (9-2 with the Mets).

MFS62 Mar 01 2011 09:31 PM Re: Izzy

I heard Izzy interviewed last week on WFAN. He said he was throwing some pitches in the "low 90s". In his first game appearence, he was clocked in the high 80s by the stadium radar gun. That reminded me of an interview with Tom Seaver late in his career. The reporter asked him if he still threw hard. Tom said, "I'm throwing as hard as ever, but the ball takes longer to get there". Later

TransMonk Mar 04 2011 07:29 AM Re: Izzy

Izzy says it's the big-league club or retirement. He's not playing minor-league ball. http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball ... 78c22.html

Benjamin Grimm Mar 21 2011 11:40 AM Re: Izzy

Or maybe... the disabled list? Tweet from Andy McCullough, Newark Star Ledger wrote: Jason Isringhausen took medication to reduce inflammation in his right elbow. Shut down for the day. Tweaks his chances for making club.

Edgy DC Mar 21 2011 11:42 AM Re: Izzy

It'd be interesting to see if he's interested in such an assignment. It'd clear room for Beato.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 21 2011 11:56 AM Re: Izzy

He said he felt a "pop" in elbow the other day but ascribed it to scar tissue breaking up. They always do.

Frayed Knot Mar 21 2011 12:04 PM Re: Izzy

Iz Izzy even on the 40-man yet? - I'm assuming no. If no - and assuming this injury is more than day-to-day but something short of real long-term - he'd have to be added to the roster before he could start the year DL'd. Does the team have the flexibility to do that for an injured pitcher? Either that or he could agree to be put on the minor league DL with the idea that it comes with some kind of guaranteed call-up or cut date that let's him stick to his 'Queens or Bust' mantra.

Edgy DC Mar 21 2011 12:12 PM Re: Izzy

Not on roster. He's eligible get a minor league DL assignment, assuming the Mets and he want to go forward at that point. His salary isn't guaranteed until opening day. Those assignments are for a minimum of seven days, so there's flexiiblity there. Two slots just opened up on the Mets roster, as two guys I never heard of got released. Another will open up when the season starts and Johan is added to the 60-day DL. One will close five days into the season when Ronny Paulino is no longer ineligible.

The Second Spitter Mar 22 2011 07:17 AM Re: Izzy

Izzy plays catch Jason Isringhausen played catch with pitching coach Dan Warthen at the Mets' complex on Tuesday morning after being shut down with elbow inflammation for three days. He plans to throw a bullpen session Wednesday. Isringhausen went, "Ow," after the first throw for effect, knowing he was being observed. After that toss, Warthen moved the pair from a field to foul territory alongside the first-base line. "This is why I make the big bucks," Warthen quipped. Francisco Rodriguez was in a nearby parking lot, revving an engine. "At $3.80 a gallon I wouldn't be doing that," Warthen said. To which Izzy replied that the closer could afford it. By the end of Izzy's activity, he was throwing curveballs on flat ground. "I think I'll survive," Isringhausen said.

Nymr83 Mar 22 2011 09:58 PM Re: Izzy

G-Fafif wrote: Izzy wears that been around the block look in 2011 that Duke Snider carried in 1963. Which is perfectly reasonable but a bit jarring considering it's always 1995 in my mind when Izzy appears. Most of the time I manage to forget the promise he once held for the Mets and remember him as the Cardinals' closer. But then I think of Pulsipher or Wilson and it all comes back to me.