Mike York, the other center, is an unproven rookie.

The presentation goes like this: "Look, why should these unproven rookies get all of this money up front when you veterans have already paid your dues?

Without Liut, the Whalers had to either stick with Sidorkiewicz, which they did, or use the unproven rookie, Kay Whitmore, in goal.

This wasn't an unproven rookie with a big contract.

That their run prevention may suffer significantly with an unproven rookie, Brian Anderson, in center field.

Jordan has embraced the challenge like an unproven rookie.

Several players on the Giants threatened to walk out if Taylor was paid that salary, as they refused to play for less than an unproven rookie.

"That's like paying an unproven rookie an All-Pro salary."

Then he saw Nick Priore, the Yankee clubhouse manager, and chided him for having given an unproven rookie his old number.

That proposal is designed to generate some deduction in club costs for unproven rookies.