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Adrenaline purged, Hanson's ready to dominate

When Tommy Hanson walked off the mound after making his first major league start this past Sunday, he went into the Braves' weight room and simply lai...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 12, 2009

Looking back at the 1991 draft

Jason A. Churchill

The 1991 draft is the last in a line of weak classes that began in the early '80s, as baseball, inspired by the NFL and the NBA, started to take the d...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 22, 2009

The ponderous Ramirez negotiations

Buster Olney

...than the combined base salaries in 2009 of Bobby Abreu, Orlando Hudson, Pat Burrell, Joe Crede, Cliff Floyd, Mark Loretta and Takashi Saito. The Dodgers' negotiating strategy remains sound: They should simply sit on...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 28, 2009

Floyd's experience could be an asset for Rays in Game 2

Special to ESPN.com

Cliff Floyd, one of the veterans on a young Rays team, has plenty of experience against Brett Myers, the Phillies' Game 2 starter.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | October 22, 2008

Astros deserved a voice in Ike aftermath

Galveston native Brandon Backe didn't make it out of the second inning, and the Astros got pounded again Wednesday, as Jesus Ortiz writes; that's four...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 18, 2008

More pressure at home for Brocail, Astros

The Astros' caravan was diverted from its usual route to the airport Sunday morning, to avoid flooded areas. And along the way the players showed each...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 15, 2008

Offensively challenged Rays find ways to win

...had planned on starting Johnson on Tuesday, until his plane was delayed. The left-handed hitting Cliff Floyd started at designated hitter, and lefty Hideki Okajima came on in the eighth inning, striking out...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 10, 2008

White Sox could get big lift from Linebrink

Scott Linebrink had been on the other side of a pennant race for almost two months, and he finally got to feel the adrenaline of September on Sunday. ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 09, 2008

Minor Achievements: Impact of September roster expansion

Jason Grey, ESPN.com

Jason Grey previews which players might be called up during September roster expansions and says there's actually not a lot of fantasy value.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | August 27, 2008

Other possible '4-A' players

...Johnson's now been hung with the 4-A tag, as opposed to Proven Veterans" like Cliff Floyd and Jonny Gomes. Are there more guys like this? You bet. These are the guys who...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 25, 2008

How will the Rays use their not-so-secret weapon?

...the Rays on his computer, through the magic of MLB.TV. He exchanges text-messages with Cliff Floyd and others, and recently chatted with Scott Kazmir on the phone. Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 23, 2008

Saving Sabathia's bullets

I clicked over to the Brewers' game late in their victory on Monday night and saw that CC Sabathia was coming to bat in the bottom of the eighth innin...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 19, 2008

A new trend? Another player gets benched

...gray areas. I can't have Aki [Iwamura] run like he is and [Carlos] Pena and Cliff [Floyd], who has two bad knees, etc., and permit that. I can't permit it." Upton, who...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 16, 2008

Injuries continue to sting Rays

...who is at the outset of a remarkable comeback from a mitochondrial disorder, and veteran slugger Cliff Floyd, who has battled nagging injuries throughout his career. Because of their standing at the top of...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 15, 2008

If You're Hardcore (AL): Who should close in Detroit?

Will Harris, Special to ESPN.com

Will Harris analyzes the Tigers' late-inning options out of the bullpen.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | August 01, 2008