11.   In many ways, it was a logical progression from his impressive rookie season.

12.   Masaoka, the most impressive rookie in Vero Beach, struck out Garret Anderson to get out of a bases-loaded situation.

13.   Prokopec has received little attention from his native country despite an impressive rookie season.

14.   Sam Cassell, after an impressive rookie season with the Houston Rockets, really made his name in the playoffs at the expense of the Suns last season.

15.   Smith, his teammate, friend and protg, earned the job after an impressive rookie performance last season that continued through training camp and the preseason.

16.   That would have happened if Martinez had beaten an impressive Oakland rookie named Tim Hudson.

17.   The Mets have unveiled a couple of impressive rookie pitchers in Bill Pulsipher and Jason Isringhausen.

18.   They were prepared to trade their most impressive rookie from last season, John Wallace, to Toronto in exchange for a first-round pick.

19.   At Tucson, Ariz., Brian Tollberg, coming off an impressive rookie season, held Colorado to one run and five hits in five innings.

20.   The impressive rookie season of linebacker John Abraham appears over because of a hernia.