Izzy Wants to Stay

Jason Isringhausen has read the rumors that the Mets were looking to shop him, Tim Byrdak and K-Rod. He went right to Sandy Alderson and asked if he could not be traded.

 I have two places in my heart,” he said. “St. Louis, because I’m from there, and New York, because this is where I started. Those are my two favorite spots, and I don’t think I’m going back to St. Louis anytime soon. And I love it here.

That is a great thing to hear that a player wants to stay with the Mets because he likes it here, well at least in my opinion. I like the way he went right to management and talked it out like a professional and didn’t whine about it in the press.

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