Isringhausen is ready to return
By Derrick Goold
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
06/12/2008
SPRINGFIELD, MO. — Jason Isringhausen will return to Busch Stadium on Friday for the first time since being so "tired" and "frustrated" and "down," in his words, that he had to get away to get right. He hopes he's coming back to stay.
Isringhausen threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings for the Cardinals' Class AA affiliate Wednesday, and afterward said he's headed to St. Louis to throw Friday for the Cardinals' brass. If that goes well, Isringhausen could be activated from the disabled list as early as this weekend.
He described his mechanics as corrected, his confidence rebooted and himself ready to return to the bullpen, if not immediately as the closer.
"I was tired," said Isringhausen in the Springfield Cardinals' clubhouse shortly after his second rehab appearance. "We don't have any room for error this year. We know that. For me to go out there and do what I was doing wasn't helping the team. So, it was time for me to step aside and figure out what was going on. Went down to Florida, and I think I (did). I feel a lot better now," the righthander concluded. "Mentally, I feel a lot better."
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