The Rookies

We find our hero at home, stoically picking an epic eye booger.

Jeff: Boy, this thing just does NOT want to come out!

(spends several hours trying to remove eye booger)

(realizes he’s been working on the wrong eye)

(finally clears out the correct one)

Jeff: Silly me, that went much easier! Now that my eyes are functioning at optimal levels again I should do something that uses them. But what? Read the rest of this entry →

Hey there everybody, hope your Labor Day (Labour Day if you’re a communist or Buch) went well. Since yours truly goes to a private school I actually had classes today, so I figured I may as well continue being the only one doing anything and write your Last Call today.

Music : Metric – Help I’m Alive

Now normally around these parts we have some rap or hip-hop or what have you, but since I’m in charge tonight screw that. Instead I bring you a song that’s been stuck in my head for weeks, “Help I’m Alive” by the band Metric.

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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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Even the cover is scrappy!

Now, this site bills itself as a “college blog”, and what do college students know better than video games? Other than booze, sex, where the cheapest pizza place is at 3 AM, how bad laundry smells when mom doesn’t do it for you, the fact that roommates suck, hangover cures (Rock note: I’m more shameless than Shanoff!), and frisbee, nothing.

So with that in mind it is my great pleasure to bring you the first Rookies Video Game Review.

Today’s subject is MLB 09: The Show for the PlayStation 3. Read the rest of this entry →

Francisco Martinez does his best Failcoeur.

Every year the Mets seem poised for a great season, and…fail. But two Rookies disagree on whether you should feel bad for them. Read the rest of this entry →