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The World Series runs through the defending champs. Challengers get in line.

Our only hope?

The end of September is here! Time for some exciting playoff race baseball! Teams are fighting to the right to play October baseball. Teams are duking it out, playing every game with the highest intensity as the quest of glory wraps up.

…wait, we don’t have a playoff race closer than three games apart? Five of the division winners are close to automatic?

Well, Bud Selig’s baby the Wild Card is fixing that, right? Wait, you’re telling me that with two weeks to go in the season the Wild Card is pretty much decided?

Do we have any hope for a playoff race, for baseball to have some momentum going into the postseason?

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L'shana Tova Bar

For those of you who aren’t members of the tribe, tonight launches Rosh Hashannah, the Jewish new year. That means suits, services, and apples & honey. But we also have some fantastic football to look forward to this weekend, so to my Jewish brothers, Happy New Year, and to everyone else, sit on your ass and watch some football. As for the college ranks, we saw a huge result last night in Miami’s thrashing of Georgia Tech. As for the best game of Saturday, we get to see our resident unicorn Minda’s beloved Cornhuskers at VA Tech. I like the Hokies at home for the victory. As for the other intriguing games of the Saturday, I see Florida destroying Tennessee and USC narrowly avoiding the upset in Washington.
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Thank God It's Football Season

Well, ladies and gents, we’ve reached the real start of football season. We saw an uninspiring NFL opener last night, but remember, there’s football all day Saturday and Sunday, so you have no reason to really move off your couch. Now, last week saw a pretty good NCAA opening week with the Fightin’ Mormons of BYU upsetting the Sooners and FSU/Miami actually having a really good game. But fuck that shit, now we have the real action coming Saturday: Michigan playing ND and Ohio St. playing USC. Michigan seems to be an underdog going into this game, but remember what happened last time Jimmy Clausen came to the Big House?
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Ow-uh Fackin Hero

Mahky: The Fackin Sawx ahh gohna win the Wahld Series. Youkahlis, Beckett, Lestah
Lahrry: Mariano Rivera: fackin’ douchebag
Mahky: Fackin Yanks
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Join us for merriment.

Bloody brilliant?

The Rookies isn’t just a sports blog. For reviews you can maybe use, check The Rec Room. Also, please welcome Brian Mechanick to the Rookies roster.

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