Nor is Steve Howe, nor the precocious rookie, Bob Wickman.

Mays, a precocious 20-year-old rookie, was in center field for the Giants.

The Giants won that game against the St. Louis Cardinals, 30-7, despite the rookie mistake by Baker, a precocious rookie.

And it will let the Giants see how well their three precocious rookie wide receivers have developed.

He knows that Johnson, the precocious rookie who believes every game's outcome hinges on his performance, demands the ball.

That was the precocious rookie in him.

It included 32 hits, 20 runs, a major-league-record 10 double plays and one memorable encounter between a precocious rookie and a legend.

But what would the Rockets get from their precocious rookie last night?

The Mets' primary chip is Lastings Milledge, the precocious rookie who made a dramatic debut, then played his way back to the minors.

For a moment, the Jets had victory in the hands of the precocious rookie.