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Holy flying rats, Batman! Ginobili catches bat
I'm wondering if this should count as a block, a rebound and a score.
Spurs guard smacks down a bat during 113-94 victory over Kings
updated 52 minutes ago
SAN ANTONIO - The Spurs’ Manu Ginobili showed off his quick hands — capturing a bat.
“That was amazing,” teammate Tony Parker said after the San Antonio Spurs beat the Sacramento Kings 113-94 on Saturday night. “The legend continues with Manu. Unbelievable. ... He’s always doing crazy stuff.”
Late in the first period a bat swooped into the AT&T Center and descended onto the court. Players scattered and officials stopped play. The bat circled and left only to return — briefly.
That’s when Ginobili performed his Halloween trick, swatting the bat out of the air with a bare hand. He then carried the creature off the court to thunderous cheers.
As the theme song to “Batman” played, a few Sacramento players applauded, too. A trainer emerged to squirt sanitizer on Ginobilil’s hand. “When you can’t dunk anymore, you have to find a way to make it into the news,” Ginobili said. “So that’s what I did. I grabbed a bat. I didn’t think it was a big deal.”
San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili picks up a bat to remove it from the court after swatting the animal from the air as it flew around the AT&T Center during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
10:21 p.m. ET, 10/31/09
updated 52 minutes ago
SAN ANTONIO - The Spurs’ Manu Ginobili showed off his quick hands — capturing a bat.
“That was amazing,” teammate Tony Parker said after the San Antonio Spurs beat the Sacramento Kings 113-94 on Saturday night. “The legend continues with Manu. Unbelievable. ... He’s always doing crazy stuff.”
Late in the first period a bat swooped into the AT&T Center and descended onto the court. Players scattered and officials stopped play. The bat circled and left only to return — briefly.
That’s when Ginobili performed his Halloween trick, swatting the bat out of the air with a bare hand. He then carried the creature off the court to thunderous cheers.
As the theme song to “Batman” played, a few Sacramento players applauded, too. A trainer emerged to squirt sanitizer on Ginobilil’s hand. “When you can’t dunk anymore, you have to find a way to make it into the news,” Ginobili said. “So that’s what I did. I grabbed a bat. I didn’t think it was a big deal.”
San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili picks up a bat to remove it from the court after swatting the animal from the air as it flew around the AT&T Center during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
10:21 p.m. ET, 10/31/09
Awesome. 
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