1.   Apparently, Smith and Clayton will compete for playing time this spring.

2.   Ashley endured a platoon situation last season with Todd Hollandsworth and patiently answered questions about his lack of playing time this spring.

3.   Braves first baseman Rico Brogna faced the Mets, one of his former teams, for the first time this spring.

4.   -- Left-hander Butch Henry, who had been scheduled to follow Ken Cloude Sunday, started instead for the first time this spring.

5.   After all his troubles with weight and lost racing time this spring, Ullrich has come through the Pyrenees in yellow and looks strong.

6.   Catcher Marcus Jensen and outfielders Dax Jones and Stan Javier all went deep for the first time this spring.

7.   Cox planted it eight years ago and it bloomed for the first time this spring.

8.   Even the frail and ailing Pope John Paul II may go for the first time next spring.

9.   Farmers planted it for the first time last spring.

10.   For the first time this spring, Hundley caught a game.