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The Ghost of Carl Everett Will Forever Haunt Failed Major Leaguers

Jay Gibbons is suddenly a sad story. I don't know why, exactly; he's always seemed like kind of a jerk, and he cheated, and those things typically result in one being vilified forever. (*Cough* Roger Clemens *cough*.) But here Gibbons is today, the subject of a semi-empathetic story in the Baltimore Sun about how much he wants to get back to the majors. It starts out just moderately sad. Then we learn the horrifying truth:
"It's a league of misfortune," said Everett, who had a 14-season career in the majors that includes a World Series ring and dustups with umpires, managers and the media. "A lot of times mistakes are made by whomever, whether it is the club on judgment or the player. If you are one of those players that they made a mistake on you, you are going to hope someone else sees you."
Ah! Carl Everett! Where did you come from, man? Have you been here the whole time? No kidding.

Poor Jay Gibbons: He just wanted to keep playing baseball. Now he's stuck in the Land of Misfit Dinosaur Theorists.

Is Carl Everett Making a Comeback?

Carl EverettCarl Everett never actually left the game, he just left it's biggest stage. After an extremely disappoint season with the Mariners in 2006 (.226/.297/.360 in 308 at-bats), he was banished to the independent leagues. But according to Jim Street, the Mariners beat reporter for MLB.com, Everett might be getting another look:
[Everett] currently is on the roster of the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. The White Sox and Angels have expressed interest in the veteran slugger, but he remains unsigned.
I'm thinking "expressed interest" is being awfully generous -- I doubt Everett is being picky about where he ends up, and if one of those teams seriously wanted him he'd probably jump at the chance to play. But why would a team roll the dice on him? Isn't he completely washed up?

Well, he's only 36 years old, which means that while he's getting up in age it's not like he'd need a walker to circle the bases. Plus, he made the most of what had to be a rather depressing fall from grace: he hit .312 with 25 homers and 97 RBI in 391 at-bats last year. Yes, it was the freaking Atlantic League, but staying active and keeping his body going through the motions of playing ball, no matter the level of competition, has to be more attractive to any prospective MLB suitors than had he just sat around last year ruing the fact that he was pushed out of the game.

(via MLB Trade Rumors)

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