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	<title>Tampa Bay Sports Blog &#187; Cliff Floyd</title>
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		<title>Rays season over, sigh.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   Time to wrap up the Rays season. What a season we had here, never saw this coming. I thought, the same as everyone else, the Rays would improve but not to this extent. Let&#8217;s wrap it up&#8230; The defense: The most dramatically improved thing on this team was the defense. The arrival of Jason Bartlett and Evan Longoria made this into the best left side defense in baseball. I was skeptical of Bartlett in the beginning (no need to bring my stupidity there again) as he had some unexplained throwing errors early but recovered to have a great season (should&#8217;ve got the gold glove over Young in my opinion). Longo was great defensively from day one and that&#8217;s that. Aki transitioned nicely over to second and Pena (won gold glove) was phenomenal. Having Pena at the corner saved Barty and Longo at least 5 errors a piece. Navarro&#8217;s improvement behind the plate was far and away the most amazing difference I saw. He was such a different player all around this year that I want to compare images from last season to see if this is the same guy. Unreal! Crawford and Upton were very good and have the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays moves, rumors starting.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cliff Floyd]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[   The Rays have chosen the buyouts on Cliff Floyd and Trevor Miller for &#8217;09 and are now heading into the off-season with some holes to fill. I would expect Floyd to retire and Miller to latch on somewhere else as lefty relievers are always needed by someone. In the meantime, the rumors are starting to swirl about who&#8217;s going where and what not so I&#8217;ll do my best to keep up with them. That said, you&#8217;re better served checking MLB Trade Rumors and Tim Dierkes for the up to date rumor mill. The Rays are being linked to Pat Burrell already and it should be a fun off-season as the team is now a place players want to be. I&#8217;m putting together a season wrap up now for the Rays and look for a piece later in the week where I&#8217;ll put my thoughts on potential Rays targets for the winter meetings. Related Posts:Rays close to signing Pat Burrell.Rays rumors and options.Rays have best record in MLB!Rays trade Jackson for Joyce?Rays are gonna take it to the wire.Rays snag Dan Johnson from A&#8217;s.Rays trade rumors starting.Bay to Bay!Bonds may be a Ray.Richards rumors. Technorati Tags: Cliff Floyd, Pat Burrell, Tampa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rays have been blessed and WILL make the playoffs!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tampabaysportsblog.com/?p=289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are numerous reasons to think the Rays will or won&#8217;t make the playoffs. We know them all down here. I have watched and been a fan of this team since it&#8217;s inception and I, along with everyone else here, have been waiting for that breakout year like the Bucs or the Lightning had. The Rays compare more to the Bucs for me as I believe this is the first of many years of relevance. The Lightning had a more of a flash and dash type of thing and have struggled to remain a power since their Stanley Cup victory. The Bucs have been up and down since their Super Bowl run yet were &#8220;almost&#8221; there many times before. It&#8217;s hard to predict what the Rays will be. Here are some reasons to think they won&#8217;t make the playoffs. The Pink Sox will make a run as they&#8217;ve been there before and have the firepower to overcome mediocre pitching. The Rays have yet to really slump yet this year. Aside from the losing streak going into the all-star break, they haven&#8217;t stumbled over themselves too much. Injuries have started to hit at the wrong time. Crawford, Longoria and Percival are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upton needs a kick in the ass!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   I have to take a minute and get on B.J. Upton since no one else seems to want to. I&#8217;m completely sick of hearing the excuses being made for Upton by people saying he&#8217;s an &#8220;effortless athlete&#8221;. Let&#8217;s clear this up now. He is a very smooth athlete who CAN do things other can&#8217;t in a effortless manner. The problem is he is more of an athlete with no effort. I&#8217;m sick of watching him dog it down to first, make bonehead decisions and loaf after balls in the gap. More so though, I&#8217;m sick of no one doing anything about it. Grow a pair Maddon! The coddling of this whiny ass in CF has gotten out of control. We&#8217;re already in a situation where the Rays have no real candidate to play center and yank this jerk out of the lineup when he does this crap, but no one seems to want to let him know about it. Why did we sign Cliff Floyd again? Oh that&#8217;s right, as a &#8220;mentor&#8221; to our young players like Upton and Crawford. Do something Cliff! It&#8217;s so aggravating because B.J. IS so talented. This is what made me lose it in last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rays need a real hitter!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   The series in Boston is pretty much going the way I thought it would. I&#8217;m not silly enough to think the Rays can go to Boston and sneak out with another series win. I figured they would drop the first two and grab the third behind James Shields. This isn&#8217;t being brought up because of the two losses, I&#8217;ve been meaning to bring this up for a while now. The Rays bats are not very good right now. Aki has picked it up over the last month, TFC and Bartlett are doing better. The problem is the middle of the order. Upton is still taking too many strikes and isn&#8217;t hitting for any power. Watching him at this point he looks to be a better leadoff hitter than number three hitter. Pena has struggled and is now hurt. Longoria hasn&#8217;t burst on the scene like we all anticipated. Looking at the lineup from top to bottom there is absolutely no one that would scare any pitcher out there. The Rays need to make a move to get a legit middle of the order hitter. To take it a step further in my little fantasy here, I want an elite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays win behind Floyd walkoff!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 02:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   Cliff Floyd has now made his mark. Floyd hit a shot to center that barely got over the wall for a walkoff 2-1 win. He&#8217;ll probably have to go on the DL now after running the bases and getting beat down by everyone when he got home. Some notes from the game.    James Shields got away with some average stuff tonight. He left ALOT of changeups up in the zone tonight and thankfully the &#8220;other&#8221; Sox were not killing him.    Aki has 41 hits in May now. That&#8217;s got to be a club record or something. The thing that makes me laugh watching him though is that they all seem to go to the same damn spot. How does he do it?!   Pena needs to hit the bench for a couple days. It has gotten embarrassingly painful to watch him swing and miss all night long. I feel terrible when I watch him and he needs to be sat for a couple days just to get his head straight (it&#8217;s true, sorry Mom). In his last 10 games Carlos is hitting .242 with 12 K&#8217;s in 33 AB&#8217;s. The stats aren&#8217;t showing how ugly it&#8217;s been to see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rays keep winning in Orlando.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   If the Rays keep this up the ownership group may look at a new ballpark in Orlando instead. Just kidding (hopefully). Shields pitched well, Longoria homered, Navarro made a nice return and Eric Hinske had a good time bashing his former team. I&#8217;m of course speaking literally here as Hinske darn near hit for the cycle against his former team. A nice game all around for the Rays and they have won four straight in Orlando now dating back to the last years sweep of the Rangers. The fun part of this win today was that earlier today DRaysBay interviewed Drunk Jays Fans and they seemed pretty happy not to have Eric Hinske anymore. How bout now? I&#8217;m not going to make too much of that because we can relate with Aubrey Huff. Huff kills us every time it seems but I don&#8217;t want him back, so believe me I can relate.    In other Rays news today the Rays picked up another lefthanded outfielder from the Milwaukee Brewers in Gabe Gross for minor league pitcher Josh Butler. You can read about the trade in a brief mention over at MLBTR. I&#8217;m puzzled as to why the Rays need another LH outfielder. What exactly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays snag Dan Johnson from A&#8217;s.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   Well this is a puzzling one. The Heater is reporting the Rays have snagged Oakland A&#8217;s 1B/DH Dan Johnson off of waivers. This move by itself makes me think something is going on with either Cliff Floyd or Carlos Pena we don&#8217;t know yet. It still doesn&#8217;t make a lot of sense. Johnson is a lefthanded 1B/DH with some power became the odd man out in Oakland with Daric Barton, Mike Sweeney and Jack Cust. The Rays need to open up a roster spot for him and my guess is Cliff Floyd needs knee surgery and is going to be transferred to the 60-day DL. This is where the Rays lose me. I don&#8217;t get adding a guy like this as you already have a better version in Hinske and I would rather see someone like Joel Guzman get a little more playing time to see how he develops. More on the move later when info becomes available. Related Posts:Longoria sent down.Rays designate Dan Johnson for assignment.The Rays keep winning in Orlando.Rays injuries pile up, announcement coming.Rays grab Bradford, Crawford back in lineup.Rays moves, rumors starting.Good Rays&#8230;Rays trade rumors starting.Rays report &#8211; Longoria, Price, Reed JohnsonGirardi bashing Technorati Tags: Carlos Pena, Cliff [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rays injuries pile up, announcement coming.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   The Rays have experienced a multitude of injuries so far yet the newest could hurt badly. In last nights game Carlos Pena left with what is being called &#8216;hamstring tightness&#8217; and this scares all Rays fans. Pena is off to a good start power-wise and is a great defensive first baseman. If he goes down for an extended period of time this could be trouble. Pena is struggling as far as his average goes but that&#8217;s a little deceptive as his presence is what matters. He is not the type of guy who is going to hit .300 but he will punish pitchers when they make mistakes. From what I&#8217;ve seen this year with Upton starting slow, but picking up lately, and no consistent protection established behind him yet Pena has not been getting much to hit and that is why his average is down. If he&#8217;s lost Eric Hinske can fill in and you won&#8217;t see a huge difference offensively but the defense will be sorely missed. Last night we saw a play where Evan Longoria had to rush a throw to first that went into the dirt and Hinske couldn&#8217;t dig it out. This is a play [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s official, B.J. Upton is the dumbest player in baseball!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   Well it happened again. B.J. Upton tried to steal third base with nobody out and two men on with Eric Hinske at the plate. Oh wait it gets worse. The next thing that happened sent me running home from the game screaming and cussing. As Upton walked into the dugout after being stupid again no one said anything to him. What?! No one has anything to say?! Great managing Maddon. Great mentoring Floyd. Nice all the way around. The worst part of this whole post is I have been officially announced as the dumbest fan in baseball. That&#8217;s right, I must rip myself. After my tantrum sent me home, I walk in my house, turn the game on and Crawford hits a two run homer. Oh wait, it gets better. Next B.J. Upton atones for his mistake by blasting a two run homerun. Wait there&#8217;s more. Next, my new man crush, Evan Longoria hits his first as a Ray. So the bottom line here as the game goes on is that I need to control my temper over things I can&#8217;t control and all the talent in the world can&#8217;t fix stupid! Upton may have hit a homerun to [...]]]></description>
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