Janish talked with Jayson Stark

[LvJ]

For his First-Half Review:

The Janish Quip Book

Being the magnanimous guy he is, Janish was cool enough to review his pitching exploits with Half-Year in Review.

• On roaring into the books alongside Johnny Lindell: "You know, records are made to be broken. And I'm definitely breaking records. They're just the wrong damn records."

• On his picturesque delivery (as a former college closer): "Yeah, it's smooth, all right. But apparently, 88-89 [mph] on a string is not going to work."

• On his ERA (45.00 after his first outing, 49.50 after his second): "When I came in there, I figured, well, the good thing is, at least I'll bring my ERA down. It started at 45.00, so it would be tough to go up -- but I found a way."

• On whether he thought he could now pitch 31 straight shutout innings and get his ERA down into the 3.00s: "I think I'm out of luck. … What I really need to do is talk to my agent to see if we can bring this up in arbitration: multi-faceted player."

• On his proudest achievement as a pitcher: "Well, I did get a standing O in Philly. And not many visiting players can say that."

Hehe...

[savafan]

Janish has a pretty good sense of humor

[Edskin]

Janish probably knows he isn't long for the big leagues. I respect the fact that he seems to be soaking it in and enjoying it while he can. Funny quotes

[BCubb2003]

He had the grace to avoid mentioning that he pitched better than the starter.