So after my massive blunder catching the Yankees 752 departure to Newark, I needed redemption more than @Kamryn with his out-of-focus F-16. So I pulled up to KBUR with my hopes high and my heart rate higher, where not one but TWO Delta 757-200s flew in from Phoenix.
Now, I nearly choked on my Coffee Bean Ice Blended when I saw these two pop up on the arrival and departure boards. So after the Dodgers handed out a second a*s-whooping to NY—sorry, @Anthony_Gulluscio, @Delta174J and @Imprezive—they arrived at the airport. In the wise words of Kendrick: “they not like us.” Shoutout @Butter575 ‘cause he reppin’ LA too.
For those of you who don’t know, I’m a huge Dodgers fan and Bills fan (don’t ask why the Bills), so this was my holy grail of spotting catches. So without further ado, and with less hesitation than Michael Conforto, here are the shots:
DAL8839 / DAL8883 — NY Mets
• Both aircraft arrived about an hour and a half apart from Phoenix and were emptier than your bed on a Sunday morning.
• So they parked at Million Air, probably so the players could identify with the name more than “Atlantic.” They departed three hours later with the broken dreams of New York’s other team—because let’s be real: when you think NY baseball, you think Judge, not Lindor.
DAL8838 / DAL8891 — LA Dodgers
• Second aircraft came in after a massive, nearly 2-hour delay, much to my disdain. This one will carry the Dodgers to St. Louis, where they’ll demonstrate why the Midwest has “mid” in the name.
• Even though the Dodgers aren’t leading the league right now (shoutout to the Tigers, somehow. What’s going on with Detroit? First the Lions, now the Tigers? I digress.), they’re still built different—and this flight was carrying the best of the best to go embarrass St. Louis more than the Yankees’ 2-18 annihilation.
• They rolled out to the runway and gave me one of the sickest moments of my life. I stared at that departure like it was your hot sister—classic right turn to avoid the Santa Monica Mountains (a.k.a. @AndrewWu).
So yeah, there you go. I got the shot, and I didn’t have to use WuGPT to fake it either. Thanks for taking a look—I hope I made you laugh. And if I didn’t, you’re a Mets fan and I don’t care about you anyway.
(IYKYK)