Merlin's Blog

It’s been many years.  most of us have less hair. Some have no hair. And I am not just talking about our heads.  I even got married and am expecting a kid.  Scary.  But the blog is back.  The demand for this blog over the past few years has been overwhelming.  I was down in Florida for Passover-as an aside, for those who don’t know, Passover is the celebration of the Jew’s becoming free from under the Egyptian yoke of slavery. Or as I like to think of it, a cabal run by the kosher food industry to extort money from us Jews by raising the prices even more on kosher for Passover food. Why does aluminum foil have a certification for kosher Passover.  Who has aluminum as part of their diet? I digress.  I was in Florida walking down Collins avenue, or during Passover holiday more commonly known as the Jerusalem of the U.S., wearing a cubs shirt.  Someone screams out HEY RUBINATOR IS THIS THE YEAR? Is this the year? Of course this is the year? As the saying goes are you ready for Hillary? Are you ready for the cubs? Yes I am.  Today was beginning of the kris Bryant era.  Now he didn’t look like Tuffy Rhodes in his first 4 at bats.  Actually he looked more like Jeff Blauser.  He had no clue at the plate.  And according to merlin bill james serlin if the cubs have to play a one game playoff game to get into the postseason he would have a full year of service time.  BRILLIANT, they couldn’t wait one more day or even another two weeks until he figures out the strike zone.  He wasn’t even trying to work a walk in any of his at bats.  I guess as the number four hitter he is going to be more Sammy Sosa then ted Williams or Stan Musial or Babe Ruth or anyone good.  At least Joe Maddon got ejected when the Sam Holebrook the home plate umpire who has a whole in his vision spectrum didn’t call strike three on padres lead off hitter Meyers who proceeded to hit a monster 3 run home run on a meatball pitch by schlitter. Schlitter looks like merlin if he coated his head and face in chia Pet coating for the omer.  For those not knowledgeable about the Omer.  Another Jewish tradition that forces us to be unhygienic, dirty and uncomfortable.  Ah but at least we are the chosen people.  Bottom line cubs lost and kris Bryant went 0 for 4.

On a more humorous topic.  My family is in florida and we have made a rent a car reservation a months in advance from Hertz.  Hertz knew how to take the reservation but they didn’t know how to keep the reservation.  And as we know holding the reservation is the most important part.  2 and ½ hours later waiting at the rent a car place for a car we dropped deuce at the front door and left. 

We showed them who was in charge.