Greenpeace will violently resolve this matter.

my headline was better

brainiac-dumdum: my headline was better

No. No it wasn't. Not by a long chalk.

Mike_LowELL: Greenpeace will violently resolve this matter.

Not if PETA gets there first...

Playing the "Batman" theme right afterwards was sweet.

on Halloween? ...really?

It's almost a dead certainty that someone brought a bat from home and released it as a prank.

Norad: brainiac-dumdum: my headline was better

No. No it wasn't. Not by a long chalk.

yes it was, infinity

Next week: injured reserve (rabies)

"I don't believe what I just saw!"

Waittaminnit.

There is a Batman costume and net for the mascot reserved for just such an occasion?

So 'man would you blow me' has rabies now. Woo-Hoo!

PeTA's gonna have a goddamned field day. If they got all salty about Obama swatting a fly, I'm sure their collective panties are already in a big, wet knot.

brainiac-dumdum: Norad: brainiac-dumdum: my headline was better

No. No it wasn't. Not by a long chalk.

yes it was, infinity

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnope.

After the game Ginobilli said "It flew by, so I took a swing and luckily connected". Ginobili then flung himself out of the locker room, slid backward onto a bus, and tumbled wildly into his suburban home.

TFA doesn't specify, but I'm assuming that was a publicity stunt? Halloween, mascot dressed as Batman... Or is it just fairly common for bats to be in the arena?

swahnhennessy: TFA doesn't specify, but I'm assuming that was a publicity stunt? Halloween, mascot dressed as Batman... Or is it just fairly common for bats to be in the arena?

At one time birds were big problem, shiating all over visiting teams

drkdstryer: brainiac-dumdum: Norad: brainiac-dumdum: my headline was better

No. No it wasn't. Not by a long chalk.

yes it was, infinity

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnope.

Don't keep us guessing, lets see them both and judge for ourselves.

swahnhennessy: TFA doesn't specify, but I'm assuming that was a publicity stunt? Halloween, mascot dressed as Batman... Or is it just fairly common for bats to be in the arena?

In the arena? I'm not sure. In the area? Absolutely. Mexican free-tail bats are very common throughout the region (see the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin), so it's not exactly a stretch to imagine a bat getting into the AT&T Center.

FritztheCat: Rip bat

TY, i was worried that someone would forget.

RIP SPACE BAT

I'm more afraid of catching rabies than the bat. At least I would think it's rabid if it's not afraid to be out when the stadium is not empty.

Ishkur: on Halloween? ...really?

It's almost a dead certainty that someone brought a bat from home and released it as a prank.

Uh no, practically every large venue here has a bat problem at one time or another. We are only about 10 miles from the largest Freetail colony in North America. Additionally, the bat was also at the hockey game the day before.

/Off duty Sheriffs Deputy working security at the games.

swahnhennessy: TFA doesn't specify, but I'm assuming that was a publicity stunt? Halloween, mascot dressed as Batman... Or is it just fairly common for bats to be in the arena?

Bats are common here. Sorry to belabor the point...

the best part, which the video doesn't show, was Dejuan Blair flinching like a little girl as the bat flew by him before Manu killed it...

video with live commentary:

Link (new window)

Litterbox: Ishkur: on Halloween? ...really?

It's almost a dead certainty that someone brought a bat from home and released it as a prank.

Uh no, practically every large venue here has a bat problem at one time or another. We are only about 10 miles from the largest Freetail colony in North America. Additionally, the bat was also at the hockey game the day before.

/Off duty Sheriffs Deputy working security at the games.

Are you getting a kick out of these replies?

Surprised Ginobli didn't flop trying to draw the foul.

I read that headline hoping Ginobli was going to have a baseball bat thrown at his head...thus laid out.

Black chicken! Black chicken!

/obscure?

Won't somebody please think of the children bats!?

Holy crap that was amazing. I once had a bat get caught in my room, and that thing was agile.

Souvenir T-shirts available


/yep, it's hot.

This is the first time that 'Cool' and 'Ginobili' have ever been used in the same sentence.

I do it with bugs all the time. Send me a bat...!

DFWPhotoGuy: FritztheCat: Rip bat

TY, i was worried that someone would forget.

RIP SPACE BAT

See you Space Cowboy Bat...

Wombatzu: video with live commentary:

Link (new window)

Much better than the greenlight

"Ginobili had earlier tried to draw a charge on the bat to no avail."

LewDux: After the game Ginobilli said "It flew by, so I took a swing and luckily connected". Ginobili then flung himself out of the locker room, slid backward onto a bus, and tumbled wildly into his suburban home.

^^Or what Lew said^^

Good stuff.

Was he trying to flop to draw a charging call?

I went to a concert at the Borgata in Atlantic City, and a few bats were spotted flying under the stage lights. Lord knows what was happening in the dark part of the theater.

Wombatzu: the best part, which the video doesn't show, was Dejuan Blair flinching like a little girl as the bat flew by him before Manu killed it...

It may not be cool to admit it, but I was showering once in an army tent shower thingy and a bat was in there. It flew right at my face a few times and I couldn't run outside cause I was naked so I admit I screamed like a girl dodging it like neo dodged bullets in the matrix.

RicosRoughnecks: It may not be cool to admit it, but I was showering once in an army tent shower thingy and a bat was in there. It flew right at my face a few times and I couldn't run outside cause I was naked so I admit I screamed like a girl dodging it like neo dodged bullets in the matrix.

Yeah, well it would be kind of stupid to just let it run into you. You have to catch them from an angle to knock them down anyways.

One time my cat knocked one out of midair. In the dark. It was badass.

brainiac-dumdum: my headline was better

No, yours sucked

LewDux: After the game Ginobilli said "It flew by, so I took a swing and luckily connected". Ginobili then flung himself out of the locker room, slid backward onto a bus, and tumbled wildly into his suburban home.

Can we retroactively make this the headline?

MyRandomName: Surprised Ginobli didn't flop trying to draw the foul.

It's funny because it's true.

bmfderek 2009-11-01 10:30:26 AM

Black chicken! Black chicken!

/obscure?

Not if he laid an egg for us to eat.

/nothing is oscure on Fark
//loved it at first bite

Raider_dad: drkdstryer: brainiac-dumdum: Norad: brainiac-dumdum: my headline was better

No. No it wasn't. Not by a long chalk.

yes it was, infinity

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnope.

Don't keep us guessing, lets see them both and judge for ourselves.

I have no idea which headline is his, which is possibly my point. None of them were outstanding, certainly none were "infinity" better.

LewDux: After the game Ginobilli said "It flew by, so I took a swing and luckily connected". Ginobili then flung himself out of the locker room, slid backward onto a bus, and tumbled wildly into his suburban home.

I came here for this. Thank you.

Posted this in the other thread as well, but the same thing happened back in 1975 in the Stanley Cup Finals. The game which has forever since been known as the Fog Game.

poor thing, probably never saw it coming