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(Yahoo) Amusing The coolest video of Manu Ginobili laying the smackdown on a bat that interrupted the Spurs-Kings game you'll see all day   (sports.yahoo.com) divider line 48
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Mike_LowELL [TotalFark]
2009-11-01 01:05:21 AM
Greenpeace will violently resolve this matter.
 
brainiac-dumdum
2009-11-01 03:18:27 AM
my headline was better
 
Norad [TotalFark]
2009-11-01 03:21:14 AM
brainiac-dumdum: my headline was better

No. No it wasn't. Not by a long chalk.
 
johnsoninca [TotalFark]
2009-11-01 03:49:21 AM
Mike_LowELL: Greenpeace will violently resolve this matter.

Not if PETA gets there first...
 
robsul82 [TotalFark]
2009-11-01 03:52:55 AM
Playing the "Batman" theme right afterwards was sweet.
 
Ishkur [TotalFark]
2009-11-01 03:55:40 AM
on Halloween? ...really?

It's almost a dead certainty that someone brought a bat from home and released it as a prank.
 
brainiac-dumdum
2009-11-01 03:56:31 AM
Norad: brainiac-dumdum: my headline was better

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

yes it was, infinity
 
SideburnSlim
2009-11-01 03:58:46 AM
Next week: injured reserve (rabies)
 
Mr. Potatoass
2009-11-01 04:04:18 AM
chrisnavin.files.wordpress.com

"I don't believe what I just saw!"
 
nicoffeine
2009-11-01 04:17:08 AM
Waittaminnit.

There is a Batman costume and net for the mascot reserved for just such an occasion?
 
PickinWhiskers
2009-11-01 04:18:37 AM
So 'man would you blow me' has rabies now. Woo-Hoo!
 
MaxxLarge [TotalFark]
2009-11-01 04:21:26 AM
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.
 
drkdstryer [TotalFark]
2009-11-01 04:40:35 AM
brainiac-dumdum: Norad: brainiac-dumdum: my headline was better

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

yes it was, infinity

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnope.
 
LewDux
2009-11-01 04:57:03 AM
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.
 
swahnhennessy
2009-11-01 05:23:19 AM
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?
 
LewDux
2009-11-01 05:35:44 AM
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
 
Raider_dad
2009-11-01 06:51:08 AM
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.
 
Gonz [TotalFark]
2009-11-01 07:43:54 AM
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.
 
DFWPhotoGuy
2009-11-01 08:15:49 AM
FritztheCat: Rip bat

TY, i was worried that someone would forget.

RIP SPACE BAT
 
skinink
2009-11-01 08:22:34 AM
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.
 
Litterbox [TotalFark]
2009-11-01 08:50:46 AM
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.
 
Litterbox [TotalFark]
2009-11-01 08:51:59 AM
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...
 
Wombatzu
2009-11-01 09:15:02 AM
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...
 
Wombatzu
2009-11-01 09:19:36 AM
video with live commentary:

Link (new window)
 
Dawg47
2009-11-01 09:51:03 AM
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?
 
MyRandomName
2009-11-01 10:12:15 AM
Surprised Ginobli didn't flop trying to draw the foul.
 
LeroyBourne
2009-11-01 10:15:22 AM
I read that headline hoping Ginobli was going to have a baseball bat thrown at his head...thus laid out.
 
bmfderek
2009-11-01 10:30:26 AM
Black chicken! Black chicken!

/obscure?
 
HardRocker488 [TotalFark]
2009-11-01 10:31:26 AM
Won't somebody please think of the children bats!?
 
Pullarius
2009-11-01 10:35:25 AM
Holy crap that was amazing. I once had a bat get caught in my room, and that thing was agile.
 
Chuckie2d0pe
2009-11-01 10:37:29 AM
Souvenir T-shirts available
www.nbcuniversalstore.com

/yep, it's hot.
 
RQB1018
2009-11-01 10:48:41 AM
This is the first time that 'Cool' and 'Ginobili' have ever been used in the same sentence.
 
S.A.S.Q.U.A.T.C.H.
2009-11-01 10:51:54 AM
I do it with bugs all the time. Send me a bat...!
 
Dr. Nick Riviera
2009-11-01 11:10:03 AM
DFWPhotoGuy: FritztheCat: Rip bat

TY, i was worried that someone would forget.

RIP SPACE BAT

See you Space Cowboy Bat...
 
John Buck 41 [TotalFark]
2009-11-01 11:11:32 AM
Wombatzu: video with live commentary:

Link (new window)

Much better than the greenlight
 
lakrfool
2009-11-01 11:12:19 AM
"Ginobili had earlier tried to draw a charge on the bat to no avail."
 
lakrfool
2009-11-01 11:17:02 AM
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.
 
litespeed74
2009-11-01 11:17:39 AM
Was he trying to flop to draw a charging call?
 
Earguy [TotalFark]
2009-11-01 12:09:34 PM
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.
 
RicosRoughnecks
2009-11-01 12:41:58 PM
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.
 
drewkumo
2009-11-01 04:04:13 PM
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.
 
Chastain86 [TotalFark]
2009-11-01 05:09:35 PM
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?
 
Flappyhead
2009-11-01 06:53:36 PM
MyRandomName: Surprised Ginobli didn't flop trying to draw the foul.

It's funny because it's true.
 
Aracnix
2009-11-01 08:22:05 PM
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
 
drkdstryer [TotalFark]
2009-11-02 12:51:51 AM
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.
 
subtlehavok
2009-11-02 03:03:44 AM
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.
 
Doc Daneeka
2009-11-02 01:31:57 PM
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.
 
lutyman
2009-11-02 05:54:50 PM
poor thing, probably never saw it coming
 
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