And because the rookie infielder Edgardo Alfonzo, starting at second base for the slumping Jeff Kent, rolled a bases-loaded, two-run single up the middle for a 5-3 lead.

He said he had been throwing to his nephew, Gary Sheffield, a rookie infielder with the Brewers, and "I just began experimenting with it.

McClendon and Greg Smith, a rookie infielder, drove in two runs apiece for Chicago.

"We could have traded Brent Gates and Craig Paquette," Alderson said of the Athletics' two rookie infielders.

On the afternoon of Oct. 5, 1942, a remarkable stretch of World Series success for the Yankees came to an end with one swing by a rookie infielder.

And Gregg Jeffries, the hot-shot rookie infielder, hit a two-run home run later off Steve Frey, the former Yankee prospect.

Luis is Minnesota's rookie switch-hitting infielder; he is hitting .290 in 42 games.

Pat Kelly, the rookie infielder, smiled and shouted, "Yankees win."

Every out has been a disappointment, but not the crisis of confidence it has been for the rookie infielder.

Derrek Lee, a rookie infielder for the Marlins, edged forward on the dugout steps.