Every day in 2012, the Just One Bad Century blog will feature a story about this day in Cubs history. We're calling it
Cubs 365.
On this day in 2007, the Cubs signed outfielder Cliff Floyd as a free agent. The native Chicagoan is typical of the kind of free agents the Cubs have signed over the years. He was 35 years old (in his 15th season in the big leagues) and was coming off an injury plagued year with the Mets.
The Cubs got exactly what you'd expect under the circumstances. Floyd managed only 322 at bats that year, and though he hit a respectable .284, he was clearly not the player he once was. He hung around for parts of two more seasons (one with Tampa and one with the Padres) before calling it quits after the 2009 season.
