July 3, 200322 yr Rangers salute Everett Traded outfielder's intensity, professional will be missed, they say 07/03/2003 By SEAN HORGAN / The Dallas Morning News ANAHEIM, Calif. – There was no shock, only regret when news moved through the Rangers clubhouse after Tuesday night's loss to the Angels that outfielder Carl Everett was traded to the White Sox for at least two and possibly three players to be named. Everybody understood the value of the move as a baseball business decision, a necessary move in this vanishing season to help replenish the Rangers minor league system and put this franchise in the youthful direction in which it must travel. Still, manager Buck Showalter and his players were sad to see Everett go. "I've really come to appreciate Carl for the way he plays the game," Showalter said. "The White Sox are getting a professional baseball player who brings it every day, a guy who always answers the challenges. No one plays the game with more intensity." Rangers Subscribe to our free Rangers newsletter Lackey, Angels four-hit Rangers Rangers salute Everett Notebook: Ludwick doesn't waste time Have your say on the best Rangers Box score | Highlights Thursday's scouting report Rangers Forum More Rangers In a short time, Showalter came to value Everett's no-nonsense approach as player and a person. He had heard the stories of Everett's celebrated meltdowns in Boston, but chose to disregard them and find out for himself. And what he found out was that Everett, unlike other players on the roster, wouldn't come out of the lineup unless he's placed in a cast. He found out that Everett feared absolutely no one, and while he didn't go looking for trouble, he would never back down. He found out that Everett played the game as hard, and as cleanly, as anyone in baseball. He found out that Everett had a way of speaking to younger players that got through to them without belittling them or patronizing them. In short, he found out what Jay Powell, who played with Everett in Houston, already knew. "You can't find anybody in baseball who plays the game harder than Carl," Powell said. "He's a clutch player and a guy who comes to play every single day. The White Sox are getting a great player, a guy who plays the game the right way. "When he's healthy, as we saw this year, he's an All-Star-caliber player."
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