41.   Rogers was traded to San Diego last July, along with utility player Mariano Duncan, for outfielder-designated hitter Greg Vaughn.

42.   Shannan Mitchem, who has become an invaluable utility player for the Colorado Silver Bullets, has these crazy dreams about baseball.

43.   Sadler and Merloni could make the club as utility players.

44.   Sheldon, giving Royce Clayton a day off at shortstop, continues to show his value as a utility player.

45.   Showalter got maximum usage from Randy Velarde, the utility player Martin discovered nearly a decade ago.

46.   So has utility player Adam Frye, who has been starting at left back.

47.   Some team invariably needs Ripken as a utility player.

48.   Spiezio will be with the club either as a starter or utility player.

49.   Tebbs plays all the infield positions and is on his way to being a major league utility player.

50.   That leaves Kapler expendable, unless the Rangers move him to left, use Rusty Greer as the designated hitter and leave Frank Catalanotto as a utility player.