38 Quotes by Jason Isringhausen

I make one good pitch then come back and make a terrible pitch and they hit the ball out of the ballpark. One of these days maybe they'll pop one up. But right now, they're putting good swings on the bad pitches I'm throwing.

I give up one or two home runs a year and now I've given up two in the first week. They're not really taking any bad swings at what I throw up there. I'm sure people are saying I don't have anything left in the tank ... whatever. I feel like I've got enough to get people out. I just have to go out there and use it to the best of my ability.

If it's a one-run game, you pitch totally different.

He worked his butt off for eight innings, and I go out there and give up the lead not once but twice.

He has a degree in psychology, so he's very cerebral about pitching and mechanics and things like that. He would make me think more than I usually did, which is sometimes bad for me.

When he pitches, you don't expect the phone to ring.

When they started going over the itinerary, I told them I didn't want to do that. It wasn't about not getting ready. When I first committed, we didn't have all the information about how long we were going to be away. I just wasn't comfortable with that because of all the changes we've made. I wanted to be part of it here.

He jumps down and he gets in their face. That's like the No. 1 rule ever, you never teach your kids to jump down and get in your dog's face. He does it.

Just one bad pitch I wish I could get back, but I can't. It's just frustrating more than anything, but we'll be back out there.