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Izzy To Hang Up His Spikes?

By Drew Silva [June 14, 2009 at 3:01pm CST]

Rays right-hander Jason Isringhausen was placed on the 60-day disabled list Sunday morning with an injury to his surgically-repaired right elbow, leading some in the media, including the St. Petersburg Times' Joe Smith, to speculate that the 36-year-old former closer may soon call it a career.

If he never throws another major league pitch, Isringhausen would finish up with a 3.60 career earned run average and 293 saves (good enough for 22nd all time).

The Cardinals declined to offer him arbitration this winter and he went on to sign a minor league contract with Tampa Bay.

Full Story | Comments (5) | Categories: Jason Isringhausen | St. Louis Cardinals | Tampa Bay Rays

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The Cardinals rollercoaster closer, if he decides to retire, will have had one heck of a career all things considered.

Posted by: Cardinals Fan Forever | June 14, 2009 at 04:28 PM

Well, I too am a Cards fan, kinda sucks to see him go out like this, was hoping I'd get to see him at least get his 300th save before he left the game.

Posted by: MiseryIndex | June 14, 2009 at 04:31 PM

I remember when Izzy came up to the bigs with the Mets in 1994 as part of "Generation K" and a lot of hype. He was the only successful one out of the three -- the other two were Bill Pulsipher and Paul Wilson.

Posted by: northernvatiger | June 14, 2009 at 07:01 PM

is he HOF potential at all

Posted by: BREWERS FAN 4 EVER | June 14, 2009 at 09:53 PM

Its 2 bad 4 Izzy I wish him the best the 1 thing you can say about him is he gave it his all so therefore hats off to him...

Posted by: Bigolphatty | June 15, 2009 at 03:28 PM

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