Then, once a rookie comes in and plays well after the inevitable Bradford injury, the debate can begin again.
Once the rookie defenseman Tomas Kloucek was whistled for hooking at 14 56 of the first period, the momentum shifted.
Bonds is an unusual power hitter because he does not strike out a lot, having whiffed 100 times only once, his rookie year with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1986.
I once told a rookie that you never forget the first gun you take off the street.
He also became only the second driver after Jacques Villeneuve to win more than once in his rookie year.
He almost had surgery once, during his rookie season, when he tore the posterior cruciate ligament, or P.C.L., in his right knee.
*While he may not catch Marino in statistics, Favre has one championship ring in two Super Bowl appearances, while Marino reached the Super Bowl once, in his rookie season with Miami.
They made the playoffs only once, in his rookie season in 2004 when they finished 8-8.
Purists might scoff at the T-ball quality of it all; Jacques Cousteau was a rookie once too, and he's the guy who invented modern scuba.
Seattle Coach Mike Holmgren traded him to the Packers after Green had fumbled once as a rookie in 1998 and twice in 1999.
