In Which the DirecTV Blimp Speaks to Me

[Lefty Specialist]

There I was sitting in the Pepsi Porch Saturday night, minding my own business, watching the Mets play a fairly crisp game against the Phillies at Citi, when I felt it. The hair standing up on the back of my neck. The urge to look up.

And there it was. The DirecTV blimp spoke to me.



"Change my life?" I said as other paying customers moved a few seats further away from me. "How can I change my life, oh DirecTV blimp?"

Its response was simple, yet eloquent.



And then the Mets melted down in the late innings for what seemed like the millionth time, and I absorbed the silent wisdom of the blimp. I cannot care too much, not this year, with a damaged team and damaged ownership. I'll be back later (I always am), but this team's just a little too painful right now.

[bmfc1]

I wouldn't put too much stock in what the Blimp said. Direct TV is owned by Rupert Murdoch so the information was probably slanted or false.

[MFS62]

If the blimp was speaking drectly to him, I wonder if other people saw different messages.
Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

I too have been heeding the words of the blimp. I find that the Mets can't hold my attention for more than a couple of innings. I'm still following the team closely, but I'm spending little time watching them.

[Fman99]

I just keep buying tires. Fucking blimps.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I'm mulling not attending any home games from here on out. Just trying to do my bit, however small, to force the Wilpons out.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I think Josh Thole spent a night with a blimp.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The blimp lies. Stupid Yankee-loving blimp.

[Lefty Specialist]

MFS62 wrote: If the blimp was speaking drectly to him, I wonder if other people saw different messages. Later

There was this guy down the row writing furiously and mumbling something about Moonlight Graham.

He and his friend jumped up as if in a hurry to get somewhere. But then a drunken Met fan cold-cocked them both, convinced they were Philly fans. Or that they weren't showing enough respect for 'Lazy Mary'. Or something. I think they wound up being led away in handcuffs. The black guy looked familiar, though. Nynex commercials, maybe.