41.   Nixon and Garciaparra, both everyday players under Williams, downplayed the importance of a cemented order.

42.   Neely feels he has adequately proved he can be considered an everyday player and wants to be paid as one.

43.   No, it has to be an everyday player, and an everyday player with not only the presence but the numbers to give his words weight.

44.   Now it would be nice if an everyday player like a Nomar Garciappara stepped up.

45.   Not only do you need that out of everyday players, but it helps to have somebody on your coaching staff who can pump you up.

46.   Now there is a feeling that everyday players in Japan could succeed in the diluted major league marketplace.

47.   San Diego third base prospect George Arias, upset that he no longer is an everyday player, is apparently receptive to the possibility of a trade.

48.   Somebody you might see as an extra player on the bench has to become an everyday player.

49.   Six everyday players started, including Justice, catcher Jorge Posada and Chuck Knoblauch, who started at designated hitter.

50.   That would not have happened in the bench role the Mets envisioned for Tony Phillips, unless an everyday player happened to get injured.