1.   And the unspoken code is that rookies get no respect until they have done their time.

2.   At some point in the second half, the rookie may get a shot.

3.   Blank has been assured by Patriots contract negotiator Jack Mula that the unsigned rookie will get a fair deal.

4.   A police spokesman said the department wants to allow the rookie to get to work.

5.   But more often than not, the rookie has gotten the better of his man.

6.   But the rookie got two hits later in the game.

7.   Dierker lifted him with the tying run at the plate, assuring the rookie would get nothing worse than a no-decision.

8.   Earlier in the year I was concerned about that, how a rookie gets into a rut and kind of drops off.

9.   From Reynolds, Hollandsworth saw off-speed pitches and hard-breaking pitches, the kind of things rookies get until they prove they can hit them.

10.   If not, rookie Devean George might get his second NBA start.